Black Orpheus (1959)
Orfeu Negro
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
100 min
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.
- Release date
- June 12, 1959
- Country of origin
- Italy, France, Brazil
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Cast
- Breno Mello as Orfeu
- Marpessa Dawn as Eurydice
- Lourdes de Oliveira as Mira
- Léa Garcia as Serafina
- Adhemar Ferreira da Silva as Death
- Waldemar De Souza as Chico
- Alexandro Constantino as Hermes
- Jorge Dos Santos as Benedito
- Aurino Cassiano as Zeca
- Marcel Camus as Ernesto
- Zeni Pereira
- Elizeth Cardoso
- Maria Alice
Crew
- Marcel Camus · Director
- Jacques Viot · Writer
- Vinicius de Moraes · Writer
- Marcel Camus · Writer
- Sacha Gordine · Producer
- Luiz Bonfá · Composer
- Antonio Carlos Jobim · Composer
- Jean Bourgoin · Cinematographer
- Andrée Feix · Editor
- Pierre Guffroy · Production designer