Black Orpheus
Black Orpheus
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Black Orpheus (1959)

PG (US) | Brazil, France, Italy | Portuguese | 100 min
Directed by: Marcel Camus
7.1

In the heady atmosphere of Rio's carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Eurydice, a country girl, has run away from home to avoid a man who arrived at her her looking for her. She is convinced that he was going to kill her. She arrives in Rio to stay with her cousin Serafina. Orfeo works as a tram conductor and is engaged to Mira - as far as Mira is concerned anyways. As Eurydice and Orpheus get to know one another they fall deeply in love. Mira is mad with jealousy and when Eurydice disappears, Orfeo sets out to find her.

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Best Foreign Film

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Release Date

France
(Cannes Film Festival)
1959-05-12
France
No data
1959-06-12
Netherlands
(Filmweek Arnhem)
1959-06-24
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Black Orpheus
(Original title)
Orfeo negro
Argentina
Black Orpheus
Australia
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Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Mild
Violence & Gore
Mild
Profanity
Mild