Black Orpheus
1959 • Drama | Romance
6.956 (225)
Marcel Camus
Director
Status
Released
Release date
June 12, 1959
Duration
100 Min
Language
pt
Popularity
4.3753
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
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.
Cast
Breno Mello
Marpessa Dawn
Lourdes de Oliveira
Léa Garcia
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Alexandre Constantino
Marcel Camus
Fausto Guerzoni
Zeni Pereira
Elizeth Cardoso
Cartola
Dona Zica
