Orfeo Negro, Marcel Camus, 1958

Cast: Breno Mello... Orfeo Marpessa Dawn... Eurydice Marcel Camus... Ernesto Fausto Guerzoni... Fausto Lourdes de Oliveira... Mira Léa Garcia... Serafina Ademar Da Silva... Death Alexandro Constantino... Hermes Waldemar De Souza... Chico Jorge Dos Santos... Benedito Aurino Cassiano... Zeca

Director: Marcel CamusLength: 100 minutos. Year: 1959Country Brasil, France and UKLanguage: PortugueseColor: ColorSound: Dolby

Writers: Marcel Camus and Vinícius de MoraesProduced by Sacha Gordine

Original Music by Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Carlos Jobim Cinematography by Jean Bourgoin Film Editing by Andrée Feix Production Design by Pierre Guffroy

Questions of Analysis:

Questions of Analysis: 1. What is this film about?2. Explain how the opening scene sets the mood for the rest of the film.3. How are characters developed? Are they stereotypes or well-developed characters? 4. How closely do they resemble the original Orpheus of the Greek tragedy?5. How closely does the film follow the original Greek tragedy storyline?6. Whose story is it? It is Orfeu's or Eurydice's?7. How does the film present a favela? 8. Elaborate on the role that music plays on the film.9. Comment on the final two scenes. What message does it leave on the audience?10. How are nationalistic values presented? 11. Is this a Brazilian or a French film? Does the film present Brazil through an European

filter?

Orfeu, (Brazil, Carlos Diegues, 1999)

Cast: Toni Garrido (Orfeu)

Patrícia França (Eurídice)Murilo Benício (Lucinho)

Zezé Motta (Conceição)Mílton Gonçalves (Inácio)

Isabel Fillardis (Mira)Maria Ceiça (Carmen)

Stepan Nercessian (Pacheco)Maurício Gonçalves (Pecê)

Lúcio Andrey (Piaba)Eliezer Motta (Stallone)

Sérgio Loroza (Coice)Castrinho (Oswaldo)

Sílvio Guindane (Maicol)Nélson Sargento (Nélson Sargento)

Cássio Gabus Mendes (Pedro)

Length: 111 minutos. Year: 1999Country BrasilDirector: Carlos DieguesLanguage: portuguésColor: ColorSound: DolbyWriters: João Emanuel Carneiro, Carlos Diegues, Paulo Lins, Hamílton Vaz Pereira e Hermano Vianna, based on play by

Vinícius de MoraesPhotograhy: Alfonso BeatoMusic: Caetano VelosoEditing: Angel Fernández ZoidoSound editor: Carlos Abate Artistic Director :Clóvis BuenoProducers: Daniel Filho, Paula Lavigne e Renata Almeida MagalhãesExecutive Producer Sabina Sigler

Questions of Analysis: 1. What is this film about?2. Compare the location/spaces/setting in Orfeu with Orfeu Negro?.3. What role does music play in the film?4. How are characters developed? Are they stereotypes or well-developed characters? 5. How closely do they resemble the original Orpheus of the Greek tragedy?6. Who is your favorite character? Expand your answer.7. Whose story is it? It is Orfeu's or Eurydice's?8. How does the film contextualize the favela within a late 20th Century setting?9. Comment on the final two scenes. Would you end the film differently (Remember that

the film must follow the original Greek tragedy storyline)? 10. Is this a parody or a revision of the original Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) film? Defend

your answer.11. How are nationalistic values presented? Is this a Brazilian film?