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Black Orpheus
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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

Breno Mello

Orfeo

Breno Mello

Marpessa Dawn

Eurydice

Marpessa Dawn

Lourdes de Oliveira

Mira

Lourdes de Oliveira

Léa Garcia

Serafina

Léa Garcia

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

Death

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

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Chico

Waldetar De Souza

Alexandre Constantino

Hermes

Alexandre Constantino

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Benedito

Jorge Dos Santos

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Zeca

Aurino Cassiano

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Little Girl

Maria Alice

Marcel Camus

Ernesto

Marcel Camus

Fausto Guerzoni

Fausto

Fausto Guerzoni

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