TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carlos Diegues
AU  - Carlos Diegues
AU  - Vinicius de Moraes
AU  - Toni Garrido
AU  - Patrícia França
AU  - Murilo Benício
TI  - Orfeu
AV  - PN1997 .O744 1999
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Brazil
PB  - Globo Filmes
N1  - Based on the play "Orfeu da Conceição" by Vinicius de Moraes
N2  - From case cover:
From the highly acclaimed Brazilian Director Carlos Diegues (Bye Bye Brazil, Xica da Silva), featuring the music of one of Brazil's most legendary musicians Caetano Veloso, comes a cinematic spectacle capturing the vibrant colors, seductive samba music and visually tantalizing ambiance of Brazil's Carnaval. 
Based on the play that inspired Black Orpheus, Orfeu takes place in Carioca Hill, a dangerous slum in Rio de Janeiro. Orfeu, a charismatic and beloved samba musician, leads his school each year in the Carnaval parade, refusing to abandon the slums where he was raised.
When Orfeu falls in love with Eurídice, an Indian girl visiting her aunt in Carioca HIll, he arouses the jealousy of his fiery mistress, forgotten lovers and childhood friend Lucinho, now a brooding drug lord. Shifting from the unvarnished brutality of drug raids and lynch mobs to the glittering spectacle of Carnaval, this romantic dynamically beautiful film is full of life and energy
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