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Black Orpheus (1959)

PG ★ 7.0/10 100 min Drama, Romance Brazil, France, Italy Portuguese
Director: Marcel Camus
Theatre Play: Vinicius de Moraes
Adaptations: Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus
Dialogues: Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus
Screenplay by: Jacques Viot
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The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

Description

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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Breno Mello
Breno Mello Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn
Marpessa Dawn Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira
Lourdes de Oliveira Mira
Léa Garcia
Léa Garcia Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Death
Waldetar De Souza Chico
Alexandre Constantino
Alexandre Constantino Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos Benedito

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