Orfeu Negro Black Orpheus 1959

French film based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes (in turn based on the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice). The story takes place in Rio slum, a place much more relaxed and innocent in the '50s than today, and features beautiful scenes of ancient times culture of samba and Carnival in Rio The film took the Palme d'Or at Cannes

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