# The Blood of a Poet (1932)

> Jean Cocteau turns an artist’s studio, a mirror, and a mythic tableau into a compact surrealist meditation on creation, identity, and death.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/22952

## Facts

- Runtime: 55 min
- Genres: Fantasy
- Director: Jean Cocteau
- Cast: Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton, Odette Talazac, Jean Desbordes, Fernand Dichamps, Lucien Jager, Féral Benga
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021331/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: oneiric, eerie, theatrical, late night cinephile viewing, surrealist film program

## Synopsis

A surreal journey through the mind of an artist where reality and imagination collide.

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