Orfeu and Eurydice, young lovers on the run from a hitman disguised as Death and Orfeu's spiteful fiancée Mira, run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval. With its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim, this impressionistic version of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova.
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Orfeu and Eurydice, young lovers on the run from a hitman disguised as Death and Orfeu's spiteful fiancée Mira, run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval. With its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim, this impressionistic version of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova.
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