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Black Orpheus

1959, Movie, NR, 100 mins

BLACK ORPHEUS | ORFEU NEGRO
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Marcel Camus transplants the myth of Orpheus onto the soil of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, and the results explode off the screen. In Camus's telling, Orfeo (Breno Mello) is a streetcar conductor; Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) is a dancer who, pursued by a mysterious stranger dressed for Carnival as Death, has fled her native village. Read the complete review for Black Orpheus
Year: 1959
Rated NR

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Cast
Breno Mello: Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn: Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira: Mira
Lea Garcia: Serafina
Adhemar da Silva: Death
Alexandro Constantino: Hermes

 

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