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Plot

Parking is director Jacques Demy's homage to Jean Cocteau's 1948 masterwork Orpheus. As in the Cocteau film, Demy relates the Orpheus and Euridyce legend in a contemporary setting. Now a rock 'n' roll sensation (instead of the poet of the Cocteau film) Orpheus falls in love with Eurydice, who in this version is a sculptress rather than a princess. The rest of the film adheres to the familiar story. Euridyce, who is death personified, beckons Orpheus into Hell, ostensibly to revive his dead lover. A shade brighter and more buoyant than its source material, Parking is the usual Jacques Demy brew of beautiful imagery and hokey dialogue.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama,Fantasy
Run Time:
95min.
Director(s):
Themes:
Deal With the Devil,Star-Crossed Lovers
Tone:
Atmospheric,Passionate,Stylized
Keywords:
Hell,afterlife,artist,deal [agreement],journey,rock-star