Black Orpheus

The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

Orfeu Negro (1959)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

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Release date

1959-06-12

Country

Brazil, France, Italy

Production

Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan Filmes

Genre

Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance

Budget

Revenue

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Director

Marcel Camus

Actors

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
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Scenario

Producer

Sacha Gordine

Operator

Jean Bourgoin

Composer

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Artist

Audition

Editing

Andrée Feix
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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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