Black Orpheus (1959)

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

• Drama
• Romance

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.

Rating

7 / 10 (248 votes)

Release date

June 12, 1959

Runtime

1h 40m

Language

PT

Director

Marcel Camus

Status

Released