Black Orpheus
Portuguese · Orfeu Negro
Directed by Marcel Camus
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.
- Released
- 12 Jun 1959
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Also known as
- 黑色奥菲斯, Orfeu do Carnaval, 흑인 오르페, Orfeo negro
- Country
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- Screenplay
- Jacques Viot
- Cinematography
- Jean Bourgoin
- Music
- Antônio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá
- Editor
- Andrée Feix
- Elsewhere
- TMDB
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- Drama
- Romance
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