Black Orpheus
1959·Movie
·1h 40min·
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The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
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.
Brazilian CinemaBossa Nova SoundtrackCarnaval in RioGreek Mythology RetellingRomantic TragedySocial CommentaryImpressionisticVisually StunningMusical Film
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Directed by:
Marcel Camus, Robert Mazoyer
Written by:
Marcel Camus, Marcel Camus, Vinicius de Moraes
Produced by:
Silvio Autuori, Sacha Gordine, Jacques Gibault
Composed by:
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Jean Nény, Luiz Bonfá
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