Drama ·Romance · Brazil · 1959 · 1h 40m

Black Orpheus

Orfeu Negro

Black Orpheus poster
Director
Marcel Camus
Cast
Breno Mello as Orfeo Marpessa Dawn as Eurydice Lourdes de Oliveira as Mira Léa Garcia as Serafina Adhemar Ferreira da Silva as Death Waldetar De Souza as Chico
Crew
Jean Bourgoin — Director of Photography Andrée Feix — Editor Luiz Bonfá — Original Music Composer Antônio Carlos Jobim — Original Music Composer Jacques Viot — Screenplay Sacha Gordine — Producer
Tagline

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

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.

Trailer Black Orpheus — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
guitarrio de janeirosambatrolleydancing in the streetbased on myths, legends or folkloredetachedcarnavaldemeaningorpheus
Key Collaborators
Marcel Camus Director Jean Bourgoin Director of Photography Andrée Feix Editor Luiz Bonfá Original Music Composer Antônio Carlos Jobim Original Music Composer Jacques Viot Screenplay Sacha Gordine Producer Pierre Guffroy Production Design Isabel Pons Costume Design
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