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Certificate PG

Cast Breno Mello Marpessa Dawn Lea Garcia Lourdes De Oliveira

Directors Marcel Camus

Screenwriters Marcel Camus Jacques Viot

Running Time 107 minutes

Black Orpheus

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Plot
In Rio, Orfeo is a musician and tram conductor, engaged to be married. During the carnival, he sees Eurydice, and it's forbidden love at first sight.

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