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