Black Orpheus (1959)
June 12, 1959Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Breno Mello
Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn
Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira
Mira
Léa Garcia
Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Death
Waldetar De Souza
Chico
Alexandre Constantino
Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos
Benedito
Aurino Cassiano
Zeca
Maria Alice
Little Girl
Marcel Camus
Ernesto / Director / Adaptation / Dialogue
Fausto Guerzoni
Fausto
Luiz Bonfá
Original Music Composer
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Original Music Composer
Sacha Gordine
Producer
Andrée Feix
Editor
Andrée Camuseix
Editor
Vinicius de Moraes
Theatre Play
Isabel Pons
Costume Design
Pierre Guffroy
ProductionDesigner
Ketty-Hélène
Costumer
Amaury Leenhardt
Sound
Robert Mazoyer
First Assistant Director
René Persin
Camera Operator
Bartholomeu De Andrade
Production Assistant
Geraldo Gabriel
Assistant Camera
Geneviève Winding
Assistant Editor
Jacques Viot
Screenplay / Adaptation / Dialogue
Geter Kosta
Assistant Camera
Loup Bonin
Production Design
Silvio Autuori
Line Producer
Jacques Gibault
Production Manager
Victor Kerdoncuff
Publicist
Ded. Bourbonnais
Costumer
Louis Stein
Camera Operator
Dyna Moscovici
Script
Roger Blache
Line Producer
Jean Nény
Sound Mixer
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Elizeth Cardoso
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 12, 1959
Original NameOrfeu Negro
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingPG
Filming LocationsRio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Wiki.
Black Orpheus (Portuguese: Orfeu Negro [ɔɾˈfew ˈneɣɾu]) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus, and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which set the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in a contemporary favela in Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. The film was an international co-production among companies in Brazil, France and Italy.
The film is particularly noted for its soundtrack by two Brazilian composers: Antônio Carlos Jobim, whose song "A felicidade" opens the film; and Luiz Bonfá, whose "Manhã de Carnaval" and "Samba de Orfeu" have become classics of bossa nova. The songs performed by Orfeu were dubbed by singer Agostinho dos Santos. Lengthy passages of filming took place in the Morro da Babilônia, a favela in the Leme neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro.Black Orpheus won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 1960 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film and was nominated for the 1961 BAFTA Award for Best Film.
While the 1959 adaptation has been celebrated internationally, it has been criticized by Brazilians and scholars for exoticizing Brazil for an international audience and reinforcing harmful stereotypes.