Synopsis
1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States.
Cast
| Orpheus | Breno Mello |
| Eurydice | Marpessa Dawn |
| Mira | Lourdes de Oliveira |
| Serafina | Léa Garcia |
| Death | Adhemar Feirrera da Silva |
Credits
| Director | Marcel Camus |
| Producer | Sacha Gordine |
| Editing | Andrée Feix |
| Screenplay | Vinicius de Moraes, Marcel Camus and Jacques Viot |
| Cinematography | Jean Bourgoin |
| Music | Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luis Bonfá |
| Assistant director | Robert Mazoyer |
| Adaptation and dialogue | Jacques Viot and Marcel Camus |
| Inspired by the play by | Vinicius de Moraes |
Disc Features
- Uncut version of the film, featuring four minutes of previously unseen footage
- Remastered sound that showcases Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luis Bonfá’s bossa nova score
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- English-dubbed soundtrack
- French theatrical trailer
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Black Orpheus
by Jun 7, 1999From the moment of its first appearance, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959—where it won the Palme d’Or—it was clear that Black Orpheus was a very special film. Taking the ancient Greek myth of a youth who travels to the land of the dead to bring back the woman he loves, and transporting it to...
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