Orfeu negro
Marcel Camus / FR, IT, BR, 1958 / 107 min.
A fantastic, tragic and all-Black reworking of the Orpheus myth by Marcel Camus with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim. The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1959 and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1960. Screended parallel to the presentation of the VR experience 'Eurydice, a Descent into Infinity'.
Camus adapted the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which – in turn – is an adaptation of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. He translated the given to the present by situating it in a favela in Rio de Janeiro during carnival. Tram conductor Orpheus falls for Euridice, yet gets engaged to someone else, with death as an unwelcome carnival guest in fancy dress.
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Details
Director
Marcel Camus
Production year
1958
Country
FR, IT, BR
Original title
Orfeu negro
Length
107 min.
Language
Portuguese
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Xtended
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