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A modern "circus opera" by composer Jenni Brandon uses the framework of a street circus to tell the story of the love affair between Erik Satie and Suzanne Valadon [6].

It explores individual selfishness disguised as romantic devotion and the stifling, sterile nature of 19th-century Prussian society [15, 23]. Amour Fou

A demanding four-hour film that blends 35mm and 16mm footage to create a "film-within-a-film" documentary feel [24, 26]. A modern "circus opera" by composer Jenni Brandon

A 2010 documentary of the same name chronicles the 50-year relationship between fashion mogul Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé [22]. Amour Fou

Françoise Hardy released a 2012 album titled L'Amour Fou , featuring "blue-hour ballads" of loss and regret [31].