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Orfeu Negro1959
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
- Marcel Camus
- 1h 40m
- June 12, 1959 · Brazil, France, Italy
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 12, 1959
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil, France, Italy
- Production
- Dispat Films,Gemma,Tupan Filmes
- Cast
- Breno Mello,Marpessa Dawn,Lourdes de Oliveira,Léa Garcia,Adhemar Ferreira da Silva,Waldetar De Souza,Alexandre Constantino,Jorge Dos Santos,Aurino Cassiano,Maria Aliceand 7 more
- Director
- Marcel Camus
- Producer
- Sacha Gordine
- Cinematography
- Jean Bourgoin
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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