Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
Orfeu has generally received mixed reviews.
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Orfeu was released in 1999 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 9 reviews, giving Orfeu (1999) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 69%.
With a score of 57%, Orfeu is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like Stuart Little, Runaway Bride and Pokémon the Movie 2000.
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