
Black Orpheus
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
1959 pt 100 minutes
Rating: 7
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.
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Cast

Breno Mello
Orfeo

Marpessa Dawn
Eurydice

Lourdes de Oliveira
Mira

Léa Garcia
Serafina

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Death

Waldetar De Souza
Chico

Alexandre Constantino
Hermes

Jorge Dos Santos
Benedito

Aurino Cassiano
Zeca

Maria Alice
Little Girl

Marcel Camus
Ernesto

Fausto Guerzoni
Fausto

Thereza Santos

Zeni Pereira

Elizeth Cardoso

Cartola

Dona Zica