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1999 film directed by Carlos Diegues From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orfeu is a 1999 Brazilian romantic drama film directed by Carlos Diegues, and starring Toni Garrido, Patrícia França and Murilo Benício. Based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, the film retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival.
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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. |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Budget | R$6.8–7 million[1][2] |
Box office | R$4.5 million[3] |
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]
Orfeu has an approval rating of 36% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 14 reviews, and an average rating of 5.9/10.[6] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]
It won the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Score.[8] It was also the Brazilian submission to the 2001 Academy Award, but it did not enter the competition.[9]