Technical Specs

• BD-50 Blu-ray Disc

Video Resolution/Codec

• 1080p/TBA

Aspect Ratio(s)

• 1.33:1

Audio Formats

• Portuguese LPCM Mono
• English LPCM Mono

Subtitles/Captions

• English

Supplements

• 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
• A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

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Black Orpheus (Blu-ray)

Criterion Collection / 1959 / 107 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: August 17, 2010

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Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring: Breno Mello
Director: Marcel Camus

Plot Synopsis: Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpheus was a cultural event, kicking off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning.