Black Orpheus
“The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...”
7.0(223 votes)
June 12, 1959
1h 40m
Overview
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.
Director
Marcel CamusWriters
Vinicius de Moraes, Jacques Viot, Jacques Viot
