New Orleans Film Society

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)

1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus retells the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a youth who travels to the land of the dead to bring back the woman he loves, and transports it to the slums of modern day Rio de Janeiro. This bittersweet romantic tragedy has charmed audiences the world over with its beauty, color, and music.