The Bright Night

In a montage alternating with moments of Nigel Rogers' interpretation of the most beautiful passages from "Orpheus," the opera by Striggio and Monteverdi, La Nuit Claire is an evocation of the celebrated myth, within which images of the love between its two modern protagonists, Anne and Julien, are inscribed. - BAM/PFA

Cast

Lorraine Bonnemaison

as Anne-Eurydice

Gérard Rouzier

as Orphée, homme

Florence Rousseau

as Orphée, femme

Marie Manet

as Jocaste

Hans Meyer

as Pluton

Liliane Oldriot

as Daphnée

Jean de Gaspary

as Apollon

Annick Dhotel

as La première menade

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