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Black Orpheus
Black Orpheus (Portuguese: "Orfeu Negro" ) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play "Orfeu da Conceição" by Vinicius de Moraes, which is itself an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in the modern context of a "favela" ("slum") in Rio de Janeiro during "Carnaval". The film was an international co-production among production companies
musicians and artists in productions of de Moraes' anthological play "Orfeu da Conceição", which several years later gave origin to Marcel Camus' film "Black Orpheus" ("Orfeu Negro" in Portuguese). In the burgeoning days of Rio de Janeiro's thriving jazz scene, it was commonplace for musicians, artists, and dramatists to collaborate in such theatrical presentations. Bonfá wrote some of the original music featured in the film, including the numbers "Samba de Orfeu" and his most famous composition, "Manhã de