Black Orpheus
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
7.0(241) 1959-06-12 100 minDramaRomance
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.
DirectorMarcel Camus
ProducerSacha Gordine
Original Music ComposerLuiz Bonfá
Original Music ComposerAntônio Carlos Jobim
ScreenplayJacques Viot
Cast & characters
Breno Mello
as Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn
as Eurydice
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Lourdes de Oliveira
as Mira
Léa Garcia
as Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
as Death
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Waldetar De Souza
as Chico
Alexandre Constantino
as Hermes
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Jorge Dos Santos
as Benedito
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Aurino Cassiano
as Zeca
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Maria Alice
as Little Girl
Marcel Camus
as Ernesto
Fausto Guerzoni
as Fausto
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Thereza Santos
as —
Zeni Pereira
as —
Elizeth Cardoso
as —
Cartola
as —
Dona Zica
as —
