- Starring: Ademar Da Silva, Breno Mello, Léa Garcia, Lourdes de Oliveira, Marpessa Dawn
- Director: Marcel Camus
- Studio: Criterion Collection
- Rating: PG
- Running Time: 1 hr. 47 mins.
- Release Date: August 17, 2010
SYNOPSIS:
1960 Academy Award Winner and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- Archival interviews with director Marcel Camus and actress Marpessa Dawn
- New video interviews with Brazilian cinema scholar Robert Stam, jazz historian Gary Giddins, and Brazilian author Ruy Castro
- À la recherche d'"Orfeu negro," a feature-length documentary about Black Orpheus's cultural and musical roots and its resonance in Brazil today
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
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