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    Black Orpheus

    Black Orpheus

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

    1959

    1:40:11

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    7.0/10 (216)

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    Black Orpheus

    Genre

    Drama
    Romance

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Marcel Camus

    Writers

    Vinicius de Moraes, Jacques Viot, Jacques Viot, Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus,

    Stars

    Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva,