Film
Black Orpheus
1959 · 1h 40m · Drama · Romance
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
- IMDb
- 7.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 88%
- Metacritic
- 81
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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
Breno Mello
Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn
Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira
Mira
Léa Garcia
Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Death
Waldetar De Souza
Chico
Alexandre Constantino
Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos
Benedito
Aurino Cassiano
Zeca
Maria Alice
Little Girl
Marcel Camus
Ernesto
Fausto Guerzoni
Fausto
Thereza Santos
Zeni Pereira
Elizeth Cardoso
Cartola
Crew
- Marcel CamusDirector
- Jacques ViotScreenplay
- Sacha GordineProducer
- Jean BourgoinDirector of Photography
- Antônio Carlos JobimOriginal Music Composer
- Luiz BonfáOriginal Music Composer
- Andrée FeixEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 12, 1959
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- PG
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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