Release Date
1959-06-12
Status
Released
Original Title
Orfeu Negro
Runtime
1h 40m
Original Language
PT
Production Countries
Brazil, Italy, France
Production Companies
Dispat Films, Gemma Cinematografica, Tupan Filmes
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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