Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro) (1959)

Black Orpheus

7.6	Listal rating
7.4	IMDB rating

Directed by

Marcel Camus

Starring (View all)

Breno Mello

Orfeo

Marpessa Dawn

Eurydice

Marcel Camus

Ernesto

Fausto Guerzoni

Fausto Guerzoni

Fausto

Lourdes de Oliveira

Lourdes de Oliveira

Mira

Léa Garcia

Serafina

Ademar Da Silva

Ademar Da Silva

Death

Alexandro Constantino

Alexandro Constantino

Hermes

Written by (View all)

Marcel Camus

writer

Vinicius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

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Description: In Rio, Orfeo is a trolley conductor and musician, engaged to Mira. During Carnival week, he sees Eurydice, who's fled her village in fear of a stalker; it's love at first sight. Her cousin Sarafina, with whom she stays in Rio, is a friend of Orfeo and Mira, so the star-crossed lovers meet again. Later, during the revels, wearing Sara ... (more)

Release date : 21 December 1959
UPC: 037429138328

Drama (5), Brazilian (4), 1950s (4), Romance (4), Comedy (3), Oscar Winner (3), 1959 (3), Foreign (2), Musical (2), Criterion Collection (2), Dance (1), Portuguese (1), Classics (1), Portugese (1), Not Foreign (1), Art House (1), Brazil (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Myth (1), Soulmates (1)

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