L'Eternel Retour is a modern-dress version of the Tristan and Isolde story. The picture accomplished three things. It put Jean Cocteau in the front rank among writersfor the screen, and it opened the way to medieval settings and themes in the cinema. Finally, it also gave Jean Marais a chance to wear a Jacquard sweater, which created a tidal wave in men's clothing styles. Young Frenchwomen, war-famished for romance and fashion, swooned at Marais' image, besieging the actor's apartment building round the clock. Overnight Jeannot became the matinee idol he had longed to be.

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