Film

Black Orpheus 1959

100 min TMDB 7.0 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. 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.

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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

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