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.

Cast

Breno Mello

Marpessa Dawn

Lourdes de Oliveira

Léa Garcia

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

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Waldetar De Souza

Alexandre Constantino

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Jorge Dos Santos

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Aurino Cassiano

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Maria Alice

Marcel Camus

Fausto Guerzoni