Black Orpheus (1959)

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Country: Brazil, France, Italy
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Release: 1959-12-21
Director: Marcel Camus
Writers: Jacques Viot , Vinicius de Moraes , Marcel Camus
Language: Portuguese
Stars: Breno Mello , Marpessa Dawn , Lourdes de Oliveira , Léa Garcia , Ademar Da Silva , Waldemar De Souza , Alexandro Constantino , Jorge Dos Santos , Aurino Cassiano , Maria Alice
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 2 nominations total
AKA: Orfeu do Carnaval , Czarny Orfeusz (Poland) , Black Orpheus (United Kingdom) , Black Orpheus , Siyah Örfe (Turkey) , Orfeu Negro (Germany) , 黑色奧菲斯 (Taiwan) , Musta Orfeus (Finland) , Чорний Орфей (Ukraine) , Black Orpheus (India) , Orfeu Negru (Romania) , Μαύρος Ορφέας (Greece) , Orfeo negro (Peru) , Sort karneval (Denmark) , Orfeo negro (Spain) , Black Orpheus (United States of America) , Orfeu Negro , Orfeu negro (Sweden) , A fekete Orfeusz (Hungary) , Black Orpheus (Canada) , Orfeu Negro (Canada) , Orphée noir (France, French Republic) , Черный Орфей , Crni Orfej , Orfeu Negro , 黒いオルフェ (Japan) , Orfeo negro (Argentina) , Orfeu Negro (Brazil) , Orfeo negro (Italy) , Orfeo negro (Mexico) , Черният Орфей (Bulgaria) , Orfeu do Carnaval (Brazil) , Orfeu Negro (France, French Republic)
Plot:
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.
IMDB:tt0053146