The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
Original title
Orfeu Negro
Released
6/12/1959
Origin country
BR, FR, IT
Genre
Drama, Romance
Production companies
Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan Filmes
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 40min
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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