Black Orpheus
A Feature film of
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Production year1959
French release12/06/1959
Runtime1 h 45 min
Synopsis
Academy Award Winner and winner of the palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States.
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Dispatfilm
- Foreign production companies : Gemma Cinematografica, Tupan Filmes
- Film exports/foreign sales : Solaris Distribution
- French distribution : Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Sacha Gordine
- Adaptation : Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus
- Dialogue Writers : Marcel Camus, Jacques Viot
- Director of Photography : Jean Bourgoin
- Music Composers : Antônio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa
- Assistant directors : Robert Mazoyer, Lou Bonin
- Editor : Andrée Feix
- Sound Recordist : Amaury Leenhardt
- Author of original work : Vinícius De Moraes
- Production Manager : Jacques Gibault
- Assistant editor : Geneviève Winding
- Production Designer : Pierre Guffroy
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1959
- French release : 12/06/1959
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 20609
- Visa issue date : 09/06/1959
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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