Black Orpheus (1959)
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
1959 · PG · 1h 40m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Marcel Camus
Writers: Jacques Viot
Music by: Antônio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá
Cinematography: Jean Bourgoin
Editor: Andrée Feix
Rated 7/10 by 242 viewers
Cast
Breno Mello as OrfeoMarpessa Dawn as EurydiceLourdes de Oliveira as MiraLéa Garcia as SerafinaAdhemar Ferreira da Silva as DeathWaldetar De Souza as ChicoAlexandre Constantino as HermesJorge Dos Santos as BeneditoAurino Cassiano as ZecaMaria Alice as Little GirlMarcel Camus as ErnestoFausto Guerzoni as FaustoMore like this
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