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Black Orpheus

Original title: Orfeu Negro

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

  • Movie
  • 1959
  • PG
  • 1h 40m

Directed by Marcel Camus

7.0

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7.0 out of 10 from 248 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Breno Mello

    Breno MelloOrfeo

  • Marpessa Dawn

    Marpessa DawnEurydice

  • Lourdes de OliveiraMira

  • Léa Garcia

    Léa GarciaSerafina

  • Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

    Adhemar Ferreira da SilvaDeath

  • Waldetar De SouzaChico

  • Alexandre Constantino

    Alexandre ConstantinoHermes

  • Jorge Dos SantosBenedito

  • Aurino CassianoZeca

  • Maria AliceLittle Girl

  • Marcel Camus

    Marcel CamusErnesto

  • Fausto Guerzoni

    Fausto GuerzoniFausto

  • Thereza Santos

  • Zeni Pereira

    Zeni Pereira

  • Elizeth Cardoso

    Elizeth Cardoso

  • Cartola

    Cartola

  • Dona Zica

    Dona Zica

Director
Marcel Camus
Writer
Jacques Viot
Music
Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Carlos Jobim
Cinematography
Jean Bourgoin