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By Adam R (2,773) on 15 Jan 2011

Great film but without the last quarter it would just be a great looking good film instead of a very good film…

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By Conor B (93) on 28 Nov 2010

Unrelatable and dull; I couldn't get into it…

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By Laurie O (18) on 30 Oct 2010

This is a gorgeous movie filmed in one of the favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro, Brasil…

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By Harpreet S (317) on 14 Oct 2010

Beautiful adaptation of one of my favorite stories, the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. Fantastic imagery and motifs…

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By James-Masaki R (237) on 03 Oct 2010

Brazilians may have called it sacrelige in the past, with French money being spent on a film made in Brazil, and eventually nominated for multiple…

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By Erol D (4) on 04 Sep 2010

An excellent interpretation of a Grecian classic with an excellent cast and an excellent soundtrack. Portuguese is such a beautiful language…

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By Daniel K (1,478) on 27 Aug 2010

Based on the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (but set in Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval), Black Orpheus brims with colour and vibrancy,…

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By Devon B (391) on 22 Aug 2010

1959's Black Orpheus is like some long-forgotten children's book of what the rest of the world, with it's exotic people and colorful locations…

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By Wut S (105) on 14 Aug 2010

I love Rio's Carnival backdrop and the music, though the film feels flat at times…

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By Al M (1,263) on 12 Aug 2010

A film about fate, the cycles (or gyres, if we want to use a Yeatsian term) of history, and the timelessness of myths, Black Orpheus is a beautiful,…

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By Nishlank J (121) on 24 Jul 2010

I really liked this version of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice; they made the story more modern and fun by filming in Brazil during Carnival…

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By Robert F (841) on 24 Jun 2010

Beautiful color and sounds really captures the sight and sounds of Rio during carnival…

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By Caque A (169) on 18 Jun 2010

Interesante reinvencion del mito en el carnaval de Rio. Pero muy ingenua en la forma de retratar al brasilero y algo lente, vejuca y tonta…

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By Walter C (337) on 16 Jun 2010

I find this movie hard to describe because all the scenes of dialogue feel like breaks from dancing and music…

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By Jillian S (157) on 22 May 2010

Camus is able to make both Bossa Nova and the raidant city of Rio as much a character as Eurydice and Orpheus…

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By Josh M (1,729) on 01 Feb 2010

A lush, wondrous retelling of the Orpheus myth, with the setting moved to modern-day Brazil in the heart of Carnivale…

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By Lynda M (383) on 19 Jan 2010

Delightful and moving imaginative tale, that has been re released only recently…

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By Kendall F (34) on 03 Dec 2009

I moved to Brazil shortly after I saw this movie for the first time. I hadn't believed Carnival in Rio could have been like it. It was…

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By Piotr J (44) on 30 Nov 2009

AN adaptation of Greek myth about Orpheus and Eurydice, set in favele of Rio de Janeiro…

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By Leah A (41) on 25 Nov 2009

Pretty awesome, beautiful songs. god I want to go to carnival…

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