Black Orpheus
Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus1959

Directed by Marcel Camus

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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Breno Mello - OrfeoMarpessa Dawn - EurydiceLourdes de Oliveira - MiraLéa Garcia - SerafinaAdhemar Ferreira da Silva - DeathWaldetar De Souza - ChicoAlexandre Constantino - HermesJorge Dos Santos - BeneditoAurino Cassiano - ZecaMaria Alice - Little Girl
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