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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.
Black Orpheus is a 1959 drama and romance movie directed by Marcel Camus starring Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn and Lourdes de Oliveira. It runs 100 minutes. Viewers rate it 7.0/10 on TMDB based on 249 votes.
- Released: 1959-06-12
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
Black Orpheus cast
Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Waldetar De Souza, Alexandre Constantino, Jorge Dos Santos, Aurino Cassiano, Maria Alice