Black Orpheus

Name: Black Orpheus
Director: Marcel Camus
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1959-06-12
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

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1959 · 100 min · PG · Drama · Romance · TMDB 7.0/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Marcel Camus

Cast

Breno Mello — Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn — Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira — Mira
Léa Garcia — Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva — Death