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Black Orpheus (1959)
Directed by Marcel Camus
Overview
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu’s vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Rated PG | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Breno Mello | Marpessa Dawn | Lourdes de Oliveira | Léa Garcia | Ademar Da Silva | Waldemar De Souza | Alexandro Constantino | Jorge Dos Santos | Aurino Cassiano | Maria Alice | Marcel Camus | Fausto Guerzoni | Thereza Santos | Zeni Pereira | Elizeth Cardoso