Black Orpheus [videorecording] / Dispatfilm ; Gemma Cinematografica ; Tupan Filmes ; produced by Sacha Gordine ; directed by Marcel Camus ; original screenplay, Jacques Viot ; adaptation and dialogue, Jacques Viot and Marcel Camus.
Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Lourdes de Oliviera. Originally produced as motion picture in 1959. Based on the play: Orfeu da conȩicão / Vinicius de Moraes. "New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container. Special features: archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; new video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Looking for Black Orpheus, a French documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
"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.
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