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The Blood of a Poet The Blood of a Poet The Blood of a Poet () (1930) is an avant-garde film directed by Jean Cocteau, financed by Charles de Noailles and starring Enrique Riveros, a Chilean actor who had a successful career in European films. Photographer Lee Miller made her only film appearance in this movie, which features an appearance by the famed aerialist Barbette. It is the first part of the Orphic Trilogy, which is continued in "Orphée" (1950) and concludes with "Testament of Orpheus" (1960). "The Blood of a Poet" is divided into four sections. In section one, an artist sketches a face