Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

100 mins | Drama, Romance, Music, Fantasy | June 12, 1959

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.

Black Orpheus

100 mins | Drama, Romance, Music, Fantasy | June 12, 1959

Black Orpheus
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan Filmes
Original title Orfeu Negro
Directors Robert Mazoyer, Marcel Camus
Writers Vinicius de Moraes, Marcel Camus, Jacques Viot

Cast

Breno Mello

as Orfeo

Marpessa Dawn

as Eurydice

Léa Garcia

as Serafina

Jorge Dos Santos

as Benedito

Aurino Cassiano

as Zeca

Maria Alice

as Little Girl

Marcel Camus

as Ernesto

Fausto Guerzoni

as Fausto