Black Orpheus

Orfeu Negro

1959·100'

Marcel Camus

RomanceDrama

PT - Portuguese

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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 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