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Black Orpheus

The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

7.002 average rating
7.002
Portuguese / 100 MIN. / 1959

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Breno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de OliveiraLéa GarciaAdhemar Ferreira da SilvaWaldetar De SouzaAlexandre ConstantinoJorge Dos SantosAurino CassianoMaria AliceMarcel CamusFausto GuerzoniThereza SantosZeni PereiraElizeth CardosoCartolaDona Zica

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