Orfeu Negro (1959)

US:: PG Drama Fantasy Music Romance

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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1959-12-06

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Runtime: 100 mins Rating: 7.4 Tag Line: The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

Cast

Marpessa Dawn

Eurydice

Marcel Camus

Ernesto

Breno Mello

Orfeo

Léa Garcia

Serafina

Fausto Guerzoni

Fausto

Lourdes de Oliveira

Mira

Ademar Da Silva

Death

Alexandro Constantino

Hermes

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Crew

Jean Bourgoin

Cinematography

Aaron J. March

Writer

Jacques Viot

Writer

Marcel Camus

Director

Vinicius de Moraes

Theatre Play

Luiz Bonfá

Original Music Composer

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Original Music Composer

Sacha Gordine

Producer

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