Black Orpheus

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.

• Release date
• June 12, 1959
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Marcel Camus

Cast

Breno Mello Orfeo Marpessa Dawn Eurydice

L

Lourdes de Oliveira Mira

L

Léa Garcia Serafina Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Death

W

Waldetar De Souza Chico Alexandre Constantino Hermes

J

Jorge Dos Santos Benedito