Orfeu Negro (1959)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Marcel Camus

Escritores:

Marcel Camus (writer)
Jacques Viot (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 diciembre 1959 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Comedia | Romance

Plot:

A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.

Plot Keywords:

Carnival | Trolley | Samba | Dance | South America

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

One of the best scores ever!

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Reparto

Breno Mello	...	Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn	...	Eurydice
Marcel Camus	...	Ernesto
Fausto Guerzoni	...	Fausto
Lourdes de Oliveira	...	Mira
Léa Garcia	...	Serafina
Ademar Da Silva	...	Death
Alexandro Constantino	...	Hermes
Waldemar De Souza	...	Chico
Jorge Dos Santos	...	Benedito
Aurino Cassiano	...	Zeca
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Maria Alice
Ana Amélia
Elizeth Cardoso
Arlete Costa
Maria de Lourdes
Modesto De Souza
Agostinho dos Santos
Afonso Marinho
Esther Mellinger
Eunice Mendes
Dinorah Miranda
Zeni Pereira
Teresa Santos

También conocida como:

Black Orpheus (USA)
Orfeo negro (Italy)
Orfeu do Carnaval
Orphée noir (France)
Orfeo negro (Spain) [es]

Duración:

100 min | 107 min

País:

Brazil | France | Italy

Idioma:

Portugués

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | West Germany:16 (f) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Compañía:

Dispat Films

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en À la recherche d'Orfeu Negro (2004) (TV)

One of the best scores ever!

A lot of users will not believe it,but in his native France ,Marcel Camus's name is slowly fading.Worse,"Orfeo negro" is demeaned :it is given only one star in the French dictionary of films.Part of the reason can be found,I think ,in the rest of Camus's career which is mediocre and tarnished his magnum opus by association.But it's unfair.It's a shame a lot of young FRench young people do not even know the existence of this jewel.

"Orfeo negro" is perfection itself: -Its score is one of the most marvelous I can think of ,now stirring,now wistful as this unforgettable song to make the sun rise.

-The Greek myth is superbly recreated ,and the exotic landscapes add magic to the script.

-The actors are dynamic ;the three leads ,Breno Mello,Lourdes de OLiveira and the wunderkind Marpessa Dawn are excellent-why didn't she make the career she deserved?- -The original version is in Portuguese ,which shows Camus's respect for his audience.

-Best scenes:perhaps the scenes in the house of death,with the walk in the papers;also the final scene where children are still there ,to help the sun rise again and again.The meeting with Death in a power station.

An hymn to the sun and to immortality,"Orfeo Negro" is all this and more.