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Plot Legendary Brazilian director Carlos Diegues recasts the tragic myth of Orpheus in the shantytowns of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. Orfeu de Conceicao is the most famous samba player in Brazil, and one of the most respected members of the neighborhood of Carioca Hill, a labyrinth of dirty streets and quickly made shacks ruthlessly controlled by drug lord Lucinho. Young Orfeu, though, lives a gilded life. He has his pick of a bevy of local beauties, children worship him, and the corrupt police will not harass him like the others in the area. During the run-up to Carnival, his world is turned upside down with the appearance of the gorgeous Euridice, who has just moved from the remote untamed hinterland of the Amazon. In spite of her indifference to samba music and her initial reluctance, the two soon fall passionately in love. Unfortunately, the violence of their surroundings threatens to overwhelm them. When Lucinho takes a liking to Euridice and challenges his former childhood friend, Orfeu is forced to endure a brutal test for his love. Orfeu was screened at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
Review In remaking a beloved cult film like Black Orpheus, noted filmmaker Carlos Diegues has taken a big chance, and it pays off. Both films can be enjoyed on their own merits: Black Orpheus for its more elegant pacing and bigger emphasis on music, Orfeu for its updated touches, like having its main character composing music on his computer. The film's romantic drama is underscored by the character of Lucinho. He and Orfeu were boyhood pals, and like James Cagney and Pat O'Brien in Angels With Dirty Faces, they've taken separate paths in life. Lucinho's thugs intimidate with their automatic weaponry, but Orfeu's arsenal is only his music and charisma. His parents are also respected in the community, because his father ministers to the poor of the slum that surrounds their middle-class home. Diegues also shows how Rio's Carnaval has turned from a street celebration to a major event, with competition among local bands and colossal public viewing stands for the parades. Toni Garrido is effortlessly attractive in the title role; if Patricia Franca as Euridice is a bit weak dramatically, she is still lovely enough to carry off the role of his muse. The camera snakes in and out of the homes and up and down the streets of Carioca Hill, allowing us to glimpse its residents' beauty and despair, almost in the same shot. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi
Cast
Toni Garrido - Orfeu
Patricia Franca - Euridice
Murilo Benicio - Lucinho
Zeze Motta - Conceicao
Milton Goncalves - Inacio Isabel Fillardis - Mira
CreditClovis Bueno - Art Director, Daniel Filho - Associate Producer, Emilia Duncan - Costume Designer, Vincente Amorim - First Assistant Director, Carlos Diegues - Director, Sergio Mekler - Editor, Flavio R. Tambellini - Line Producer, Caetano Veloso - Composer (Music Score), Caetano Veloso - Songwriter, Luiz Bonfa - Songwriter, Nelson Sargento - Songwriter, Tom Jobim - Songwriter, Vinicius de Moraes - Songwriter, Affonso Beato - Cinematographer, Paula Lavigne - Producer, Renata de Almeida Magalh?es - Producer, Tom Paul - Sound/Sound Designer, Carlos Diegues - Screenwriter, Hamilton Vaz Pereira - Screenwriter, Joao Emanuel Carneiro - Screenwriter, Hermano Vianna - Screenwriter, Paulo Lins - Screenwriter, Luis Abramo - Second Unit Camera, Vinicius de Moraes - Play Author
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Orfeu
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Directed by
Carlos Diegues
Produced by
Daniel Filho, Paula Lavigne, Renata Almeida Magalh?es, Fl¨¢vio R. Tambellini
Written by
Jo?o Emanuel Carneiro, Carlos Diegues, Paulo Lins, Hamilton Vaz Pereira, Hermano Vianna (screenplay)
Vinicius de Moraes (play: Orfeu da Concei??o)
Starring
Toni Garrido
Patr¨ªcia Fran?a
Murilo Ben¨ªcio
Music by
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Caetano Veloso
Cinematography
Affonso Beato
Editing by
S¨¦rgio Mekler
Release date(s)
April 21, 1999
September 4, 1999
Running time
110 min.
Country
Brazil
Language
Portuguese
Orfeu is a 1999 Brazilian film by direct by Carlos Diegues based on the play Orfeu da Concei??o by Vinicius de Moraes. It retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. The film sets this legend in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. This film is also considered to be a much more updated, grittier remake of the 1959 film Black Orpheus. Toni Garrido stars as Orfeu, Patr¨ªcia Fran?a as Eur¨ªdice and Murilo Ben¨ªcio as Lucinho.
The soundtrack to the film was produced by Caetano Veloso.
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