Black Orpheus

06/12/1959

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1hr 40min

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Drama

,Romance

The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Breno Mello
  • Marpessa Dawn
  • Lourdes de Oliveira
  • Léa Garcia
  • Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

    Directors

  • Marcel Camus
  • René Persin

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Dispat Films
  • Gemma
  • Tupan Filmes

    Production Countries

  • Brazil
  • France
  • Italy

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese

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