Jean Cocteau refused to merely document human reality, treating the physical world as a temporary interface for deep subconscious excavation. This comprehensive look at the ultimate French avant-garde polymath tracks his revolutionary cinematic techniques, including the liquid mercury mirrors of Orphée, his distinct continuous line frescoes, his physical role deploying American jazz as an anti-establishment weapon at Le Bœuf sur le Toit, and his legendary feuds with André Breton and Pablo Picasso.