13 Feb 1981
American Pop
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.
Black Orpheus
The film that introduced Bossa Nova to the world...
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
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Breno Mello Orfeo
Marpessa Dawn Eurydice
Lourdes de Oliveira Mira
Léa Garcia Serafina
Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Death
Waldetar De Souza Chico
Alexandre Constantino Hermes
Jorge Dos Santos Benedito
Aurino Cassiano Zeca
Maria Alice Little Girl
Fausto Guerzoni Fausto
Thereza Santos 
Zeni Pereira 
Elizeth Cardoso 
Cartola 
Dona Zica
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