Planning a movie night with 'Black Orpheus' at home? Here are platforms and services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can start watching sooner. Right now in the US, 'Black Orpheus' is available to rent, buy, or stream with a subscription on Criterion Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Prime Video, Apple TV Store, Kanopy.
Here are some useful notes to know before watching about the Dispat Films, Gemma, Tupan Filmes drama flick. Black Orpheus starring Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia has a PG rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min. The release date of the movie is December 21st, 1959. The movie received a user score of 70/100 on TMDb, which is informed by reviews from 237 engaged users.
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "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."
