Orfeu

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-21

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (707 Reviews)

Director:

Carlos Diegues

Genres:

Crime Drama Music

Cast:

Toni Garrido Patrècia Franèa Murilo Benècio Zezè Motta

Writer:

Joèo Emanuel Carneiro

Carlos Diegues

Paulo Lins

Hamilton Vaz Pereira

Hermano Vianna

Vinicius de Moraes (play)

Fullplot:

In a dangerous but human Rio de Janiro's slum, rises the love affair between Orfeu, a famous composer, and Eurèdice, a simple but pretty brunette, provoking jealousy and violence in times of carnival. A kind of Brazilian Romeo and Juliet, full of samba.

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