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Black Orpheus (1959)

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

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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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Cast

  • Breno Mello Breno Mello Orfeo
  • Marpessa Dawn Marpessa Dawn Eurydice
  • Lourdes de Oliveira Mira
  • Léa Garcia Léa Garcia Serafina
  • Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Death
  • Waldetar De Souza Chico
  • Alexandre Constantino Alexandre Constantino Hermes
  • Jorge Dos Santos Benedito
  • Aurino Cassiano Zeca
  • Maria Alice Little Girl
  • Marcel Camus Marcel Camus Ernesto
  • Fausto Guerzoni Fausto Guerzoni Fausto
  • Thereza Santos
  • Zeni Pereira Zeni Pereira
  • Elizeth Cardoso Elizeth Cardoso
  • Cartola Cartola
  • Dona Zica Dona Zica

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