Black Orpheus

Name: Black Orpheus
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1959-06-12
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Lourdes de Oliveira, Cartola, Marpessa Dawn, Waldetar De Souza, Maria Alice

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

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Release Date

6/12/1959

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Drama Romance

Overview

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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Original Language

Portuguese

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A visually intoxicating fever dream where love and music intertwine with danger and doom. Carnaval becomes both celebration and death trap in this impressionistic retelling that pulses with the rhythms of a newly born sound.