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The ancient Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice unfolds in an updated version set against the colorful background of the Rio de Janiero Carnival.
Fiction. Drame psychologique. À la veille du carnaval de Rio, les habitants de la ville sont agités. Traquée par des tueurs, Euridyce, un jeune paysanne affolée par la folie qui anime Rio, rencontre Orphée. Le jeune conducteur de tramway, adulé pour ses talents de danseur et de guitariste, tombe amoureux d'Euridyce. Orphée doit cependant affronter Mira, sa fiancée jalouse. Avec Marpessa Dawn, Breno Mello, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia.
Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival?s Palme d?Or, Marcel Camus? Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpheus was an international cultural event, and it kicked off the bossa nova craze.
Black Orpheus
LASERDISC. Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival in Rio de Janiero.
Fiction. Drame psychologique. À la veille du carnaval de Rio, les habitants de la ville sont agités. Traquée par des tueurs, Euridyce, un jeune paysanne affolée par la folie qui anime Rio, rencontre Orphée. Le jeune conducteur de tramway, adulé pour ses talents de danseur et de guitariste, tombe amoureux d'Euridyce. Orphée doit cependant affronter Mira, sa fiancée jalouse.
The classical legend of Orpheus and Eurydice unfolds in an updated version against the riotously colourful background of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. In the black section of the city, Orpheus is a street-car conductor and Eurydice a pretty country girl fleeing from a mysterious man sworn to kill her, a man who in the story represents Fate or Death.
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.
Orpheus, a black streetcar conductor and one of the most talented singers and dancers of the Carnival, meets Eurydice, a country girl pursued by a mysterious man she believes wants to kill her. They fall in love and eventually they go to the world beyond the living.
Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpheus was an international cultural event, and it kicked off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.
Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival of Rio de Janiero.
Orfeu negro (Film cinématographique : 1959)
Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
À Rio, un jeune homme se fait le protecteur d'une adolescente qui fuit un mystérieux poursuivant.
Marcel Camus retells the Orpheus and Eurydice legend in the modern setting of Carnival time in Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus is a street-car conductor and Eurydice is a county girl who comes to visit her cousin in Favella, and they fall madly in love. Academy award for Best Foreign Film in 1959.
"Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpheus was an international cultural event, and it kicked off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning"--Container.
"Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and after seeking her in the nether regions kills himself to be with her."--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed.
"À la veille du carnaval de Rio, Eurydice arrive de la campagne pour y retrouver sa cousine Sérafina. Elle fait la rencontre d'Orphée, conducteur de tramway et artiste adulé par le peuple pour ses qualités de danseur et de guitariste. Mais Eurydice, électrocutée par un câble de tramway, meurt en tentant d'échapper à son destin. Orphée la cherche partout."--[Allocine.com]. Avec Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia.
A retelling of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus is a streetcar conductor and Eurydice, a shy country girl pursued by a man that she believes wants to kill her. The doomed lovers lose themselves in the riotous frenzy of a modern-day carnival in Rio, but the sinister figure of death pursues them through the city's slums, and Orpheus must ultimately join his lover in the world beyond the living.
The classical legend of Orpheus and Eurydice unfolds in an updated version against the riotously colorful background of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. In the black section of the city, Orpheus is a street-car conductor and Eurydice a pretty country girl fleeing from a mysterious man sworn to kill her, a man who in the story represents Fate or Death.
Fiction. Drame psychologique. "À la veille du carnaval de Rio, Eurydice arrive de la campagne pour y retrouver sa cousine Sérafina. Elle fait la rencontre d'Orphée, conducteur de tramway et artiste adulé par le peuple pour ses qualités de danseur et de guitariste. Mais Eurydice, électrocutée par un câble de tramway, meurt en tentant d'échapper à son destin. Orphée la cherche partout."--[Allocine.com]. Avec Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia.
The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time.
Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the background of the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, in which a streetcar conductor and a shy country girl are the doomed lovers.
Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival in Rio de Janiero. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States.
Black Orpheus [DVD]
Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and kills himself to be with her. [c.f. Halliwell's].
Eurydice, a Brazilian country girl, arrives in Rio de Janeiro the day before the Carnival to get away from a persistent suitor. She meets Orfeo, a black street-car driver, who is almost worshipped by the people of the black quarter as a guitar-player and dancer. They fall in love at first sight. At his suggestion, she takes part as a dancer in the next day's performance. This stirs up the jealousy of Mira, Orfeo's fiancée-partner. Eurydice sees her pursuer and seeks refuge in a street-car depot where Orfeo accidentally kills her. He searches for and finds her in the mortuary. He carries her back to the hill where Mira and the others he has spurned throw him over the cliff. The lovers are united in death--Cf. Monthly film bulletin, v. 27, no. 318, p. 93.
The ancient Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice unfolds in an updated version set against the colorful background of the Rio de Janiero Carnival. Videodisc version.
Adapted from the ancient Greek myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, we are transported to modern day Rio de Janeiro in Camus' interpretation of the story of a youth who travels to the land of the dead to bring back the woman he loves.
Focuses on Afro-Brazilians in Rio de Janiero at carnival time in the 1950s. An adaptation of a classical Greek myth in the context of modern Rio de Janeiro.
A Black streetcar conductor and talented singer/dancer falls in love with a country girl during Rio's carnival, and follows her into the world of death in pursuit of his love.
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.
Adaptación del mito griego ambientado en el carnaval de Río de Janeiro. La bella Eurídice llega a la ciudad brasileña de Río de Janeiro en vísperas de su famoso carnaval, invitada por una prima que vive en los arrabales de la ciudad. Hasta el lugar llega en un tranvía cuyo conductor es un guitarrista llamado Orfeo, quien se fija en sus encantos. Sin embargo su relación se verá afectada por las sospechas de su celosa novia.
Orfeo è un giovane meticcio di Rio che fa il tranviere ed è fidanzato con Mira. Amante della musica, Orfeo, quando canta accompagnandosi con la chitarra fa sorgere il sole, come dicono i ragazzini. Alla vigilia del famoso carnevale di Rio, giunge dalla campagna Euridice, una graziosa ragazza, che è venuta a trovare la cugina Serafina. In realtà Euridice è venuta a Rio per sottrarsi alla persecuzione di un misterioso personaggio, che al suo paese vuole ucciderla: ella spera che nella grande città costui non possa raggiungerla. Orfeo, che è anche un famoso ballerino e crea le migliori coreografie carnevalesche, s'innamora della ragazza e la invita ad unirsi ai danzatori che devono esibirsi con lui. Ma durante le danze compare il misterioso personaggio, che nel suo costume simboleggia la morte: Euridice fugge in preda al terrore e si nasconde nel deposito dei tram. Orfeo, accorso per darle aiuto, vorrebbe illuminare l'ambiente, ma per errore innesta l'interruttore dell'alta tensione: Euridice, che stava appoggiata ad un cavo, resta fulminata e il suo corpo è portato via. Orfeo la cerca disperatamente ...
Black Orpheus = Orfeu negro = Orfeo negro = Orfeu do carnaval
The classical legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in a modern-day Brazilian setting. Orpheus is a Black streetcar conductor and one of the best dancers at Carnaval. He meets Eurydice, a young woman from the country, who believes that a mysterious man is following her and wants to kill her.
Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Inspired by Vinícius de Moraes' play Orfeu da conceição.
Feature film retells the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in a modern setting--the black section of Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus is a street-car conductor, and Eurydice is a country girl fleeing from a man sworn to kill her. Portuguese dialogue with English subtitles.
A film of romance and tragedy set in Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time featuring black Brazilian lovers, based on the Greek and Roman myths about Orpheus and Eurydice.
The Orpheus-Eurydice legend is re-created against the background of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro with its samba music, dancing and colorful costumes. A streetcar driver and a shy country girl are the doomed lovers in this tragic story. (Circulates).
Black Orpheus [videorecording - videocassette] = Orfeu negro
Eurydice, a Brazilian country girl, arrives in Rio de Janeiro the day before the Carnival to get away from a persistent suitor. She meets Orfeo, a black street-car driver, who is almost worshipped by the people of the black quarter as a guitar-player and dancer. They fall in love at first sight. At his suggestion, she takes part as a dancer in the next dayœs performance. This stirs up the jealousy of Mira, Orfeoœs fiance?e-partner. Eurydice sees her pursuer and seeks refuge in a street-car depot where Orfeo accidentally kills her. He searches for and finds her in the mortuary. He carries her back to the hill where Mira and the others he has spurned throw him over the cliff. The lovers are united in death.
Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival in Rio de Janiero.
Orfeo is a street-car conductor in Rio de Janeiro in love with Eurydice, a country girl who has come to the city for Carnival. Eurydice is pursued by a mysterious stranger, and when she is killed, Orfeo attempts to contact her in the land of the dead.
Palme d'Or 1959 Cannes Film Festival Winner.
Orfeo (Mitología griega) Drama Videodiscos.
Eurídice (Mitología griega) Drama Videodiscos.