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Mood:
- AtmosphericCaptivatingTouchingBittersweet
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Plot:
- Young LoversFall in LoveLove AffairTragic LoveLove and RomanceYouthLovers on the RunRescue more...
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Genres:
- DramaRomanceForeignMelodramaFantasy
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century50s
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Place:
- BrazilRio De JaneiroSouth America
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Audience:
- Date Night
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedMasterpieceOscar WinnerCannes Festival WinnerGolden Globe WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi FantasticSlow
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Black Orpheus, 1959
Portuguese
Brazil, France, Italy
Profile of Black Orpheus
The mood of Black Orpheus is atmospheric, captivating, and bittersweet. The plot centers around tragic love, young lovers, and a love affair. It is a drama, foreign, and romance movie. Stylistically, Black Orpheus is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious. The pacing is slow. Black Orpheus is set in Rio De Janeiro. It happens in the 1950s. It is adapted from a play. Black Orpheus is known for being a Golden Globe winner, a Cannes festival winner, and an Oscar winner. It is especially suggested for a date night.
Summary of Black Orpheus
Camus' winner of the Palme d'Or winner at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival is a modern reinterpretation of the myth of Orpheus which simultaneously celebrates the beauty, music and people of Brazil. In this version of the ages-old tale, Orpheus is a streetcar conductor and star Carnival dancer who is betrothed to the determined Mira but is in love with Eurydice. As Mira and Death himself pursue the doomed Orpheus and his lover through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Carnival literally brings the streets to life. Lush photography and the timeless and brilliant bossa nova sounds of Jobim give the film a distinct power and beauty.
Details
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Country: | Brazil, France, Italy |
| Release date: | 21 December 1959 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
| Awards: | Cannes,Academy Awards |
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