Black Orpheus
Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

1959-06-12| 100 min

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.

Genres

DramaRomance

Cast

Breno Mello

Breno Mello

Marpessa Dawn

Marpessa Dawn

Lourdes de Oliveira

Lourdes de Oliveira

Léa Garcia

Léa Garcia

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

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