Film
Black Orpheus
1959Directed by Marcel Camus
Where to watch
Stream
- HBO Max Amazon Channel
- Criterion Channel
- HBO Max
Free / with ads
- Kanopy
Rent
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Fandango At Home
Buy
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Fandango At Home
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
About Black Orpheus
- Drama
- Romance
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Marcel Camus
- Writers
- Vinicius de Moraes
- Jacques Viot
- Marcel Camus
- Original title
- Orfeu Negro
