Orfeu Carlos Diegues [videorecording]=

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Carlos Diegues

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Portuguese Summary language: English Original language: Portuguese Subtitle language: English Series: David W. Foster CollectionPublication details: Brazil Globo Filmes 2002Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .O744 1999

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .O744 1999	Available		001581

Based on the play "Orfeu da Conceição" by Vinicius de Moraes.

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.

DVD video; Dolby Digital; monaural; NTSC; Regions 1-A; 16:9 widescreen.

Portuguese audio. Optional English subtitles.

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