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Black Orpheus

7.019591h 40mPGMovieDramaRomance

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…

DirectorMarcel Camus
WriterJacques Viot
ProducerSacha Gordine

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Cast · Directed by Marcel Camus

BMBreno Mello
Breno Mello
Orfeo
MDMarpessa Dawn
Marpessa Dawn
Eurydice
LO
Lourdes de Oliveira
Mira
LGLéa Garcia
Léa Garcia
Serafina
ASAdhemar Ferreira da Silva
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
Death
WS
Waldetar De Souza
Chico
ACAlexandre Constantino
Alexandre Constantino
Hermes
JS
Jorge Dos Santos
Benedito
AC
Aurino Cassiano
Zeca
MA
Maria Alice
Little Girl
MCMarcel Camus
Marcel Camus
Ernesto
FGFausto Guerzoni
Fausto Guerzoni
Fausto

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