Black Orpheus

Jun 12, 1959

1h 40m

★ 7.0

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Dispat Films

Gemma

Tupan Filmes

Black Orpheus Trailers

Cast

Orfeo

Breno Mello

Eurydice

Marpessa Dawn

Mira

Lourdes de Oliveira

Serafina

Léa Garcia

Death

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

Chico

Waldetar De Souza

Hermes

Alexandre Constantino

Benedito

Jorge Dos Santos

Zeca

Aurino Cassiano

Little Girl

Maria Alice

Ernesto

Marcel Camus

Fausto

Fausto Guerzoni

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