Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus Portuguese Orfeu Negro is a 1959 film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceio by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in the modern context of a favela in Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. The film was an international coproduction between production companies in Brazil, France and Italy.

A marble Greek bas relief explodes to reveal black men dancing the samba to drums in a favela. Eurydice Marpessa Dawn arrives in Rio de Janeiro, and takes a trolley driven by Orfeu Breno Mello. New to the city, she rides to the end of the line, where Orfeu introduces her to the station guard, Hermes Alexandro Constantino, who gives her directions to the home of her cousin Serafina La Garcia.Although engaged to Mira Lourdes de Oliveira, Orfeu is not very enthusiastic about the upcoming marriage. The couple go to get a marriage license. When the clerk at the courthouse hears Orfeus name, he jokingly asks if Mira is Eurydice, annoying her. Afterward, Mira insists on getting an engagement ring. Though Orfeu has just been paid, he would rather use his money to get his guitar out of the pawn shop for the carnival. Mira finally offers to loan Orfeu the money to buy her ring. ........

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