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.

• DirectorMarcel Camus
• Release12 June 1959
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 40m
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• Rate
  

  6.96
  223 reviews
• Productions

  Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan Filmes