Black Orpheus
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
Starring: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Writer: Vinicius de Moraes, Marcel Camus, Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus, Jacques Viot
Release Date:
June 12, 1959
June 12, 1959
Ratings:
7.0 / 10
7.0 / 10
Director:
Marcel Camus
Marcel Camus
Companies:
Dispat Films
Dispat Films
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.
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