Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Black Orpheus has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of Black Orpheus (1959)
Review of Black Orpheus (1959)
Review of Black Orpheus (1959)
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Black Orpheus was released in 1959 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 188 reviews, giving Black Orpheus (1959) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 79%.
With a score of 77%, Black Orpheus is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1959 with similar scores include films like Sleeping Beauty and Paprika.
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