Release Date

12 Jun, 1959

Runtime

01:40: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Orfeu Negro

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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

Marcel Camus

Fausto Guerzoni

Thereza Santos

Zeni Pereira

Elizeth Cardoso

Cartola

Dona Zica

Crew

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Sacha Gordine

Luiz Bonfá

Marcel Camus

Andrée Feix

Vinicius de Moraes

Jacques Viot

Jean Bourgoin

Geneviève Winding

Ded. Bourbonnais

Jacques Viot

Louis Stein

René Persin

Jacques Viot