Black Orpheus (1959)

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Release Year

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Director

Marcel Camus

Producer

Sacha Gordine

Cast

Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn

Country

Brazil, France, Italy

Runtime

100 min

Rating

PG

Accessibility

Limited Mobility Access

Young lovers Orfeu (Breno Mello) and Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death (Ademar Da Silva) and Orfeu’s vengeful fiancée Mira (Lourdes de Oliveira) 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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