Fresh
An almost irrationally infectious retelling of the Orpheus-Eurydice chestnut set during carnival and feverish with hip-swiveling hustle, exploding local color, and sleeve-worn heart.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Black Orpheus
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
1959 · 1h 40m · PG
Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Marcel Camus
Overview
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 and cast
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89%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This sort of thing was considered high art not so long ago; now it seems forced and ponderously symbolic.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
[The film has] swirling color, the excitement of samba and the accessible joy of a fabled city, not to mention a charming Orpheus in the young Brazilian Breno Mello, and a dazzling Eurydice in the American-born dancer and actress Marpessa Dawn.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh
Pic is somewhat cerebral, being mainly helped by the fresh playing of the cast.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
One of the great musicals.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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