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The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
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.
Avis de la communauté (4)
The original title of the film is Orfeu Negro.
Totally meh. Not sure why this is held in such high regard. Nothing of interest here.
What an incredible movie. I loved the rhythm, the composition, the costuming, the poetic dialogue, the music, the way it starkly juxtaposes the vibrant joyous poor communities in the countryside at the fringes of a cold colorless faceless industrializing city center. Gorgeous movie.
Didn't sit right with me on a cultural level, and I'm not much of one for mythological retellings. It was colorful and I liked the historical location shooting, but I'll pass on the bulk of it.