Marcel Camus's film adapts Vinicius de Moraes's play, which moved the Orpheus myth to a Rio favela.
Film· 1959· Romance
Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)
by Marcel Camus
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Marcel Camus's film retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, as told in Book X of the Metamorphoses, in a Rio favela during Carnival.
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Mythology & Folklore
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- Greek mythology
Marcel Camus's film moves the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, with Orfeu a streetcar conductor and Death in a skeleton costume.