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.
Breno Mello
as Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn
as Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira
as Mira
Léa Garcia
as Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
as Death
Waldetar De Souza
as Chico
Alexandre Constantino
as Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos
as Benedito
Aurino Cassiano
as Zeca
Maria Alice
as Little Girl
CinemaSerf
I reckon this was always going to be a bit of a creatively risky venture and for me: a Frenchman moving a Greek myth to the culturally diverse Brazil was always going to be quite an ask. It's colourful and well cast, but I am afraid the story just muddled up too many themes for me. The premiss is th...