EdouardDermithe &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:EdouardDermithe @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:21:10 +0200 Les enfants terribles [The Terrible Children] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/les-enfants-terribles-1950 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les enfants terribles [The Terrible Children] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1950)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" World Orphans Day/div div class="img" Les enfants terribles (1950)/div div class="caption" The siblings – children on the cusp of adulthood, played by adults – sharing a bed. Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) points up towards the ceiling with one arm wrapped around her brother Paul's (Edouard Dermithe) neck. Both wear dressing gowns. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" With their mother bedridden, Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) nurtures her snowball-fight-injured brother Paul (Edouard Dermithe) back to health. "Their heritage of instability, extravagant caprice, and natural elegance was their paternal portion." ### – Jean Cocteau, Les enfants terribles (1929) Withdrawn in their family home, they form a strong manipulative bond, drawing others into their games./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #WorldOrphansDay #JeanPierreMelville #JeanCocteau #NicoleStéphane #EdouardDermithe #HenriDecaë #siblings #BookAdaptation #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les enfants terribles [The Terrible Children] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1950)

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World Orphans Day

Les enfants terribles (1950)

The siblings – children on the cusp of adulthood, played by adults – sharing a bed. Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) points up towards the ceiling with one arm wrapped around her brother Paul's (Edouard Dermithe) neck. Both wear dressing gowns. DP: Henri Decaë.

With their mother bedridden, Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) nurtures her snowball-fight-injured brother Paul (Edouard Dermithe) back to health.

“Their heritage of instability, extravagant caprice, and natural elegance was their paternal portion.”

– Jean Cocteau, Les enfants terribles (1929)

Withdrawn in their family home, they form a strong manipulative bond, drawing others into their games.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #WorldOrphansDay #JeanPierreMelville #JeanCocteau #NicoleStéphane #EdouardDermithe #HenriDecaë #siblings #BookAdaptation #France #1950s ★★★★☆

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