Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus (1959)

The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...

  • Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
  • Release Date: 1959-06-12
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 199 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: Português
  • Production Company: Dispat Films
  • Production Country: Brazil, France, Italy
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Summary

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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    Sound Antônio Carlos Jobim Original Music Composer
    Directing Marcel Camus Director
    Sound Luiz Bonfá Original Music Composer
    Editing Andrée Feix Editor
    Production Sacha Gordine Producer
    Writing Vinicius de Moraes Theatre Play
    Writing Marcel Camus Adaptation
    Production Victor Kerdoncuff Publicist
    Writing Jacques Viot Dialogue
    Art Loup Bonin Production Design
    Camera Jean Bourgoin Director of Photography
    Production Silvio Autuori Line Producer
    Writing Jacques Viot Screenplay
    Costume & Make-Up Ketty-Hélène Costumer
    Camera Geraldo Gabriel Assistant Camera
    Production Roger Blache Line Producer
    Camera René Persin Camera Operator
    Production Bartholomeu De Andrade Production Assistant
    Production Jacques Gibault Production Manager
    Directing Robert Mazoyer First Assistant Director
    Costume & Make-Up Isabel Pons Costume Design
    Costume & Make-Up Ded. Bourbonnais Costumer
    Camera Geter Kosta Assistant Camera
    Writing Marcel Camus Dialogue
    Camera Louis Stein Camera Operator
    Editing Geneviève Winding Assistant Editor
    Writing Jacques Viot Adaptation
    Sound Jean Nény Sound Mixer
    Crew Dyna Moscovici Script
    Sound Amaury Leenhardt Sound