Les Enfants Terribles is a phrase in French that translates as "the terrible children" or "the holy terrors", and may refer to:
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements; and one of the most influential figures in early 20th-century art as a whole. The National Observer suggested that, “of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man.”
Ivan the Terrible (1530–1584), also known as Ivan IV, was a ruler of Russia.
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a parable of Jesus from the Bible.
Les Enfants Terribles is a 1929 novel by Jean Cocteau, published by Editions Bernard Grasset. It concerns two siblings, Elisabeth and Paul, who isolate themselves from the world as they grow up, an isolation which is shattered by the stresses of their adolescence. It was first translated into English by Samuel Putnam in 1930 and published by Brewer & Warren. A later English translation by Rosamond Lehmann was published in the U.S. by New Directions (ISBN 0811200213) in 1955, and in Canada by Mclelland & Stewart in 1966, with the title translated as The Holy Terrors. The book is illustrated by the author's own drawings.
L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first being L'heure espagnole. Written from 1917 to 1925, L'enfant et les sortilèges was first performed in Monte Carlo in 1925 conducted by Victor de Sabata.
Holy Terror is a 2011 graphic novel by Frank Miller which follows a costumed vigilante named The Fixer as he battles Islamic terrorists after an attack on Empire City.
Jocelyn Quivrin was a French actor. He had a supporting role in the film Syriana.
The Legacy may refer to:
Nicole Stéphane was a French actress, producer and director.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1595 play by William Shakespeare.
Les Enfants terribles is a 1950 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and with a screenplay adapted by Jean Cocteau from his 1929 novel of the same name.
L'Enfant may refer to:
Holy Terror may refer to:
The Holy Innocents (1988) is a novel by Gilbert Adair about French siblings and an American stranger who enters their world. Its themes were inspired by Jean Cocteau's 1929 novel Les Enfants Terribles and by the 1950 film of the same name directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Les Enfants Terribles (LET) is a theatre ensemble based out of Chicago, Illinois. They practice the traditional French clowning style of bouffon. They are not to be confused with the UK based theatre company of the same name, also working in physical theatre.
The Ring may refer to:
Chouette is a French word meaning "owl" which has other uses.
Les Enfants terribles is a danced chamber opera for four voices and three pianos, composed in 1996 by Philip Glass, to a French-language libretto by the composer, in collaboration with the American choreographer Susan Marshall, after Jean Cocteau's eponymous novel published in 1929 and Jean-Pierre Melville's 1950 film. Commissioned by the "Steps" dance festival organized by the Pour-cent culturel Migros in several Swiss cities, this is the last part of a trilogy in homage to the French poet after Orphée (1993) and La Belle et la Bête (1994). The world premiere of the work took place on 18 May 1996 in Zug conducted by Karen Kamensek.
Enfant terrible is a French expression referring to a child who says candid things, or an unorthodox genius.