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Black Orpheus (1959) [PG]

Release Date:
June 12, 1959

Original Title:
Orfeu Negro

Alternate Titles:
Black Orpheus
Orfeo negro
Orfeu do Carnaval
黑色奥菲斯
흑인 오르페

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Dispat Films
Gemma
Tupan Filmes

Production Countries:
Brazil | France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: TP  JP: G  KR: 15  NL: 16  SE: 15  US: PG 

Runtime: 100

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

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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.

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Production

Adaptation:
Jacques Viot
Marcel Camus

Assistant Camera:
Geter Kosta
Geraldo Gabriel

Assistant Editor:
Geneviève Winding

Camera Operator:
Louis Stein
René Persin

Costume Design:
Isabel Pons

Costumer:
Ded. Bourbonnais
Ketty-Hélène

Dialogue:
Marcel Camus
Jacques Viot

Director:
Marcel Camus

Director of Photography:
Jean Bourgoin

Editor:
Andrée Feix

First Assistant Director:
Robert Mazoyer

Line Producer:
Roger Blache
Silvio Autuori

Original Music Composer:
Luiz Bonfá
Antônio Carlos Jobim

Producer:
Sacha Gordine

Production Assistant:
Bartholomeu De Andrade

Production Design:
Pierre Guffroy

Production Manager:
Jacques Gibault

Publicist:
Victor Kerdoncuff

Screenplay:
Jacques Viot

Script:
Dyna Moscovici

Sound:
Amaury Leenhardt

Sound Mixer:
Jean Nény

Theatre Play:
Vinicius de Moraes

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