Orfeu

IMDb link: 0183613
IMDb rating: 5.6 (999 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Carlos Diegues
Cast: Murilo Benicio, Zeze Motta, Toni Garrido, Patricia Franca and others

Release date: 21 Apr 1999
Release year: 1999
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: Brazil
Keywords: drug addict, shrove tuesday, fireworks, drummer, police officer, setting someone on fire, taxi, cell phone, watching tv, soiling pants

Plot:

In a dangerous but human Rio de Janiro's slum, rises the love affair between Orfeu, a famous composer, and Euridice, a simple but pretty brunette, provoking jealousy and violence in times of carnival. A kind of Brazilian Romeo and Juliet, full of samba.

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