Black Orpheus
Orfeu Negro
1959
Palme d'Or — 12th Cannes Film FestivalAcademy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) — 32nd Academy Awards
- Director:
- Marcel Camus
- Studio:
- Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan Filmes
- Starring:
- Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Fausto Guerzoni, Lourdes de Oliveira
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Setting the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice amid the samba and Carnaval festivities of a Rio de Janeiro favela, the film follows trolley driver Orfeu, engaged to the fiery Mira, as he falls instantly for newcomer Eurydice, who is being stalked by a mysterious figure representing Death. Their brief, ecstatic romance unfolds against the exuberant chaos of Carnaval, even as Eurydice's pursuer closes in with tragic inevitability. Marcel Camus's film, propelled by a landmark bossa nova soundtrack, transforms ancient tragedy into vibrant, doomed celebration.