Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

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.

BR

Made in BR

7/10

1959

Drama
Romance

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Cast

Breno Mello

Breno Mello

As Orfeo

Marpessa Dawn

Marpessa Dawn

As Eurydice

Lourdes de Oliveira

Lourdes de Oliveira

As Mira

Léa Garcia

Léa Garcia

As Serafina

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

As Death

Waldetar De Souza

Waldetar De Souza

As Chico

Alexandre Constantino

Alexandre Constantino

As Hermes

Jorge Dos Santos

Jorge Dos Santos

As Benedito

Aurino Cassiano

Aurino Cassiano

As Zeca

Maria Alice

Maria Alice

As Little Girl

Marcel Camus

Marcel Camus

As Ernesto

Fausto Guerzoni

Fausto Guerzoni

As Fausto

Thereza Santos

Thereza Santos

As

Zeni Pereira

Zeni Pereira

As

Elizeth Cardoso

Elizeth Cardoso

As

Cartola

Cartola

As

Dona Zica

Dona Zica

As

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