Black Orpheus

7 1959 Marcel Camus 1h 40m
Drama Romance
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 introduce

Cast

Breno Mello Breno Mello Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn Marpessa Dawn Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira Lourdes de Oliveira Mira
Léa Garcia Léa Garcia Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Death
Waldetar De Souza Chico
Alexandre Constantino Alexandre Constantino Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos Benedito

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