Orfeu

Orfeu
Orfeu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Carlos Diegues
Written by	Carlos Diegues; Paulo Lins; Hermano Vianna; Hamilton Vaz Pereira; João Emanuel Carneiro
Based on	Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes
Produced by	Renata Almeida Magalhães; Paula Lavigne; Daniel Filho
Starring	Toni Garrido; Patrícia França
Cinematography	Affonso Beato
Edited by	Sérgio Mekler
Music by	Caetano Veloso
Production; company	Rio Vermelho Filmes Globo Filmes
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 21, 1999;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese
Budget	R$6,8–7 million
Box office	R$4,455,409

Orfeu is a 1999 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Diegues, based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes. It retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. Toni Garrido stars as Orfeu, Patrícia França as Eurídice and Murilo Benício as Lucinho.

Mostly shot in scenographic favela in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro,^[4] it included scenes from the 1998 Carnival celebration in which Garrido paraded with the samba school Viradouro.^[5]

Cast[]

Toni Garrido as Orpheus
Patrícia França as Eurydice
Murilo Benício as Lucinho
Zezé Motta as Conceição
Milton Gonçalves as Inácio
Isabel Fillardis as Mira
Maria Ceiça as Carmen
Stepan Nercessian as Pacheco
Maurício Gonçalves as Pecê

Reception[]

It won the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Score.^[6] It was also the Brazilian submission to the 2001 Academy Award, but it did not enter the competition.^[7]

References[]

^ Eduardo, Cléber (December 1, 2010). "Custos em alta". Época (in Portuguese). Editora Globo. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
^ Claudio, Ivan (April 7, 1999). "Próxima estação". IstoÉ Independente (in Portuguese). Editora Três. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados – 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ "'Orfeu' atrai cerca de 170 mil pessoas em cinco dias". Diário de Cuiabá (in Portuguese). 1999. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
^ Clemente, Isabel (March 8, 2000). "Personalidades "dão o bolo" nas escolas e faltam a desfile no Rio". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
^ "Depois do 'Oscar', governo muda regras do cinema". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. February 14, 2000. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
^ "Minc escolhe "Orfeu" para o Oscar". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. October 27, 1999. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

External links[]

Orfeu at IMDb

[1] Eduardo, Cléber (December 1, 2010). "Custos em alta". Época (in Portuguese). Editora Globo. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[2] Claudio, Ivan (April 7, 1999). "Próxima estação". IstoÉ Independente (in Portuguese). Editora Três. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

[3] "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados – 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

[4] "'Orfeu' atrai cerca de 170 mil pessoas em cinco dias". Diário de Cuiabá (in Portuguese). 1999. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[5] Clemente, Isabel (March 8, 2000). "Personalidades "dão o bolo" nas escolas e faltam a desfile no Rio". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[6] "Depois do 'Oscar', governo muda regras do cinema". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. February 14, 2000. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

[7] "Minc escolhe "Orfeu" para o Oscar". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. October 27, 1999. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

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v t Orpheus and Eurydice
Characters	Eurydice Orpheus
Orphean operas	Euridice (1600, Peri) Euridice (1602, Caccini) L'Orfeo (1607, Monteverdi) Orfeo dolente (1616, Belli) La morte d'Orfeo (1619, Landi)f Orfeo (1647, Rossi) Orfeo (1672, Sartorio) La descente d'Orphée aux enfers (c. 1686, Charpentier) Orpheus (1726, Telemann) Orfeo ed Euridice (1762, Gluck) discography L'anima del filosofo (1791, Haydn) Orpheus in the Underworld (1858, Offenbach) Orpheus und Eurydike (1921, Krenek) L'Orfeide (1925, Malipiero) Orpheus and Eurydice (1975, Zhurbin, rock opera) The Mask of Orpheus (1986, Birtwistle) The Second Mrs Kong (1994, Birtwistle) The Corridor (2009, Birtwistle) Eurydice (2020, Aucoin)
Musicals	Hadestown
Plays	Eurydice/Point of Departure (1941, Anouilh) Orfeu da Conceição (1956, de Moraes) Orpheus Descending (1957, Williams) Eurydice (2003, Ruhl)
Films	The Orphic Trilogy The Blood of a Poet (1930) Orphée (1950) Testament of Orpheus (1960) Black Orpheus (1959) Euridice BA 2037 (1975) Parking (1985) Orfeu (1999) You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet! (2012)
Poetry	Sir Orfeo (c. late thirteenth century) The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene (c. 1480) Sonnets to Orpheus (1922) "Eurydice" (1999)
Novels	The Einstein Intersection (1967) Gravity's Rainbow (1973) The Medusa Frequency (1987) The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999) Veniss Underground (2003)
Art	Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice Poem Strip
Albums	Reflections (1970) Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) Metamorpheus (2005) Hadestown (2010) Orfeas (2010) Reflektor (2013) Wasteland, Baby! (2019)
Ballet	Orpheus (1948) Chaconne (1976)
Video games	Hades (2020) The Battle of Olympus Don't Look Back
Related	The Gaze of Orpheus Orpheus Monument Orpheus no Mado Orphism

v t Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Film
2000—2009	Orfeu (2000) Me You Them (2001) Brainstorm (2002) City of God (2003) The Man Who Copied (2004) Cazuza – O Tempo Não Pára (2005) Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2007) The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2008) Estômago (2009)
2010—present	É Proibido Fumar (2010) Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011) The Clown (2012) (2013) Brazilian Western (2014) A Wolf at the Door (2015) The Second Mother (2016) Aquarius (2017) Bingo: The King of the Mornings (2018) Loveling (2019) Bacurau (2020) The Fever (2021)

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