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Black Orpheus

PG
Movie
1959
1h 40m
Portuguese
Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
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.
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Black Orpheus (1959) on IMDb
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Directed By: Marcel Camus
Written By: Jacques Viot (Screenplay)

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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Orfeu Negro.
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soonertbone says...
3 months ago
Didn't sit right with me on a cultural level, and I'm not much of one for mythological retellings. It was colorful and I liked the historical location shooting, but I'll pass on the bulk of it.
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Jay Shuai says...
2 years ago
Totally meh. Not sure why this is held in such high regard. Nothing of interest here.
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CinemaSerf
a month ago
I reckon this was always going to be a bit of a creatively risky venture and for me: a Frenchman moving a Greek myth to the culturally diverse Brazil was always going to be quite an ask. It's colourful and well cast, but I am afraid the story just muddled up too many themes for me. The premiss is th More
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