Orfeu / uma produção Rio Vermelho Filmes ; co-produzida por Globo Filmes ; roteiro final, Carlos Diegues ; com a colaboração de Hermano Vianna [and others] ; produzido por Renata Almeida Magalhães e Paula Lavigne ; dirigido por Carlos Diegues.
Toni Garrido, Patrícia França, Murilo Benício, Zezé Motta. Based on the play Orfeu da conceição, by Vinicius de Moraes. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. A foreign film (Brazil). Special features: theatrical trailer, music video "Sou voce.".
Summary:
In Carioca Hill, a dangerous slum in Rio de Janiro, Orfeu, a charismatic and beloved samba musician, leads his school each year in the Carnaval parade, refusing to abandon the slums where he was raised. When Orfeu falls in love with Euridice, an Indian girl visiting her aunt in Carioca Hill, he arouses the jealousy of his fiery mistress, forgotten lovers and childhood friend Lucinho, the community's brooding drug lord.
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