Black Orpheus (1959)
Orfeu Negro
"The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world..."
ThumbScore
👍 85%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 84%
(RT: 88%, MC: 81) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Breno Mello as Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn as Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira as Mira
Léa Garcia as Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva as Death
Waldetar De Souza as Chico
Alexandre Constantino as Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos as Benedito
Is Black Orpheus good?
Yes. 85% audience score, estimated from 247 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 84%.
Overview
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Wikipedia ↗
