Black Orpheus

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.

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Director

Marcel Camus

Director

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

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