Orfeu negro = Black Orpheus / Janus Films ; une production Sacha Gordine ; un film de Marcel Camus ; scénario original de Jacques Viot ; adaptation et dialogues, Jacques Viot et Marcel Camus.
"Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and after seeking her in the nether regions kills himself to be with her"--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Portuguese English |
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[Los Angeles, Calif.] :
Criterion,
©2010.
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| Edition: | Special ed. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
48. |
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| Genre/Form: | Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. |
| Summary: | "Against a background of the Rio carnival, a black tram driver accidentally kills his girlfriend, and after seeking her in the nether regions kills himself to be with her"--Halliwell's Film and video guide, 5th ed. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as motion picture in 1959. Based on the play: Orfeu da conȩicão / Vinicius de Moraes. Special features: archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn; new video interviews with Brazilian film scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro; Looking for Black Orpheus, a French documentary about the making of Black Orpheus and its cultural and musical roots, as well as its resonance in Brazil today; theatrical trailer. Accompanying booklet contains an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18.5 cm). |
| Format: | DVD, Region 1, NTSC; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono. |
| Awards: | Academy Award, Best Foreign Film ; Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Jean Bourgoin ; editor, Andrée Feix ; music, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa. |
| ISBN: | 9781604652871 160465287X |
| Participant or Performer: | Breno Melo, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia, Adhemar Feirrera da Silva. |
| Language: | Dialogue in Portuguese or English; optional English subtitles. |