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Film / 1959
Black Orpheus
Directed by
Marcel Camus
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.
The 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
Breno MelloOrfeo
Marpessa DawnEurydice
Lourdes de OliveiraMira
Léa GarciaSerafina
Adhemar Ferreira da SilvaDeath
Waldetar De SouzaChico
Alexandre ConstantinoHermes
Jorge Dos SantosBenedito
Aurino CassianoZeca
Maria AliceLittle Girl
Marcel CamusErnesto
Fausto GuerzoniFausto
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