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Orfeu

1999, Movie, NR, 112 mins

ORFEU
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It's impossible not to see Brazilian director Carlos Diegues's dazzlingly colorful film through Marcel Camus's 1959 BLACK ORPHEUS. In many ways, it's a remake: Both films are based on Vinicius de Moreas's play Orfeu da Conceicao, which recasts the legend of Orpheus and his wife Eurydice as a romantic tragedy set in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Camus, who's French, painted the desperately poor Brazilians as happy fools who sing and dance and think of nothing but the approachi... read more leave a comment
Year: 1999
Rated NR

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Cast
Tony Garrido: Orfeu
Patricia Franca: Euridice
Murilo Benicio: Luchino
Zeze Motta: Conceicao
Milton Goncalves: Nacio
Isabel Fillardis: Mira

 

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