Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-12-21

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil, France, Italy

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (6684 Reviews)

Director:

Marcel Camus

Cast:

Writer:

Marcel Camus

Jacques Viot

Vinicius de Moraes (play)

Fullplot:

In the heady atmosphere of Rio's carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Eurydice, a country girl, has run away from home to avoid a man who arrived at her her looking for her. She is convinced that he was going to kill her. She arrives in Rio to stay with her cousin Serafina. Orfeo works as a tram conductor and is engaged to Mira - as far as Mira is concerned anyways. As Eurydice and Orpheus get to know one another they fall deeply in love. Mira is mad with jealousy and when Eurydice disappears, Orfeo sets out to find her.

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