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1959

1 hr 40 min

Black Orpheus

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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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I reckon this was always going to be a bit of a creatively risky venture and for me: a Frenchman moving a Greek myth to the culturally diverse Brazil was always going to be quite an ask. It's colourfu... read more

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Breno Mello

Orfeo

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Marpessa Dawn

Eurydice

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Lourdes de Oliveira

Mira

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Léa Garcia

Serafina

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Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

Death

Waldetar De Souza

Chico

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Alexandre Constantino

Hermes

Jorge Dos Santos

Benedito

Aurino Cassiano

Zeca

Maria Alice

Little Girl

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Marcel Camus

Ernesto

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Fausto Guerzoni

Fausto

Thereza Santos

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Zeni Pereira

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Elizeth Cardoso

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Cartola

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Dona Zica

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Marcel Camus

Director

Robert Mazoyer

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Creator
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Vinicius de Moraes

Theatre Play

Jacques Viot

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Jacques Viot

Screenplay

Jacques Viot

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Marcel Camus

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Marcel Camus

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