Breno Mello

Marpessa Dawn

Lourdes de Oliveira

Léa Garcia

Adhemar Ferreira da Silva

Waldetar De Souza

Alexandre Constantino

Jorge Dos Santos

Aurino Cassiano

Maria Alice

Marcel Camus

Fausto Guerzoni

Thereza Santos

Zeni Pereira

Elizeth Cardoso

Cartola

Dona Zica

Sacha Gordine

Luiz Bonfá

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Andrée Feix

Vinicius de Moraes

Jacques Viot

Jean Bourgoin

Louis Stein

René Persin

Robert Mazoyer

Bartholomeu De Andrade

Dyna Moscovici

Geraldo Gabriel

Geter Kosta

Victor Kerdoncuff

Isabel Pons

Ded. Bourbonnais

Ketty-Hélène

Loup Bonin

Geneviève Winding

Roger Blache

Silvio Autuori

Jacques Gibault

Amaury Leenhardt

Jean Nény

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Black Orpheus

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I reckon this was always going to be a bit of a creatively risky venture and for me: a Frenchman moving a Greek myth to the culturally diverse Brazil was always going to be quite an ask. It's colourful and well cast, but I am afraid the story just muddled up too many themes for me. The premiss is the same as the ancient story, with this time "Eurydice" (Marpessa Dawn) having fled her home town to avoid the unwelcome attentions of a suitor. She encounters tram driver "Orfeu" (Breno Mello) and pretty much instantly they hit it off. He serenades her with his carousing guitar music - despite the fact that he is already promised to "Mira" (Lourdes de Olivera). Guess what? "Mira" isn't too impressed with her boyfriend's philandering and when "Eurydice" goes off the grid amidst all the celebrations and colour that is mardi gras, "Orfeu" suspects everyone and must set off on a search that will test his mettle and his love - and put him in the path of death itself! I enjoyed the idea but somehow it just didn't quite work. Surely there must be local mythology that could have been better applied here? It reminded me a little of Preminger's "Carmen Jones" (1954) in that by simply relocating a classic story to a new and vibrant scenario, you lose quite a lot of what made the original story work in the first place - even if it is a timeless love story that ought, on paper, to be easily transferrable. There's no doubt, though, a cracking chemistry between Mello and Dawn and I did enjoy Olivera's performance too. There is some beautiful and captivating photography of Rio de Janeiro that does illustrate the vibrancy of the place, and it's a beautiful film to watch. The story? Well I'm not so sure it marries so well and there's just too much focus on the environment and not enough on developing the characters.

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