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Black Orpheus
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
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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Cast
Breno Mello
Marpessa Dawn
Léa Garcia
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Alexandre Constantino
Marcel Camus
Fausto Guerzoni
Zeni PereiraDetails
- Director
- Marcel Camus
- Writers
- Vinicius de Moraes, Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus
- Release date
- June 12, 1959
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Studios
- Dispat Films, Gemma Cinematografica, Tupan Filmes
