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Black Orpheus 1959 Directed by Marcel Camus Orfeu Negro

The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

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.

Production Countries Brazil , France , Italy
Language Portuguese
Spoken Language Portuguese
Gneres Drama , Romance
Production Companies Dispat Films , Tupan Filmes , Gemma
Release Date 12 June 1959
100 mins
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
Waldetar De Souza Chico
Alexandre Constantino
Alexandre Constantino Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos
Jorge Dos Santos Benedito
Aurino Cassiano
Aurino Cassiano Zeca
Maria Alice
Maria Alice Little Girl
Marcel Camus
Marcel Camus Ernesto
Fausto Guerzoni
Fausto Guerzoni Fausto
Thereza Santos
Thereza Santos
Zeni Pereira
Zeni Pereira
Elizeth Cardoso
Elizeth Cardoso
Cartola
Cartola
Dona Zica
Dona Zica
Crew
Director
Marcel Camus
Marcel Camus
Writer
Jacques Viot
Jacques Viot
Producer
Sacha Gordine
Sacha Gordine
Cinematography
Jean Bourgoin
Jean Bourgoin
Composers
Luiz Bonfá
Luiz Bonfá
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Editor
Andrée Feix
Andrée Feix
Production Design
Pierre Guffroy
Pierre Guffroy
Sound
Amaury Leenhardt
Amaury Leenhardt
Jean Nény
Jean Nény
Original Writer
Vinicius de Moraes
Vinicius de Moraes
Costume Design
Isabel Pons
Isabel Pons
Ded. Bourbonnais
Ded. Bourbonnais
Ketty-Hélène
Ketty-Hélène
Camera Operators
Louis Stein
Louis Stein
René Persin
René Persin
Assistant Director
Robert Mazoyer
Robert Mazoyer