Black Orpheus 1959

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.

Cast

Breno Mello

Marpessa Dawn

Lourdes de Oliveira

Léa Garcia

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

Waldetar De Souza

Alexandre Constantino

Jorge Dos Santos

Aurino Cassiano

Maria Alice

Marcel Camus

Fausto Guerzoni

Thereza Santos

Zeni Pereira

Elizeth Cardoso

Cartola

Dona Zica