Murilo Benício, Patricia Franca, Toni Garrido, Zezé Motta
Carlos Diegues's Orfeu brings the Orpheus myth (by way of the Vinicius De Moraes play, which also inspired Marcel Camus's gorgeous Black Orpheus) into the modern world of laptops and hip-hop, cell pho...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 12, 2002
Stats: 36 reviews
The cinematography and cast are great, the movie as such is really a little too arty for my taste. Still worth checking out for fans of Brazilian cinema.
Shows that from ancient mythology to recent times in Brazil love hurts and one of the best soundtracks with nice scenes from Rio de Janeiro
I wish I could watch every movie ever made but I sadly don't have the time. I'm not interested in this movie because I don't think I'll like it or don't know enough about it to think I might like it. I may still end up seeing it some day though.
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