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Movie Summary — Infoplease.com

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)

Rating:	No Rating
Genre:	Drama
Release Date:	January 1, 1959
Running time:	106 minutes
Cast:	Breno Mello, Alexandro Constantino, Lourdes de Oliveira, Ademar Da Silva, Marpessa Dawn
Director:	Marcel Camus
Producer:	Sacha Gordine
Writer:	Marcel Camus, Jacques Viot
Distributor:	GAGA Communications

Description: Taken from the mythic legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, the story is set against the backdrop of Rio's Carnival, where the two ill-fated lovers meet.

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