Director: Carlos Diegues
Writer: Carlos Diegues
Actor(s): Toni Garrido, Patrícia França, Murilo Benício, Zezé Motta
Production Co.: New Yorker Video
Country: Brazil
Year: 1999
Language and subtitle information: In Portuguese; optional English subtitles
Format: DVD
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Summary: In Carioca Hill, a dangerous slum in Rio de Janiro, Orfeu, a charismatic and beloved samba musician, leads his school each year in the Carnaval parade, refusing to abandon the slums where he was raised. When Orfeu falls in love with Euridice, an Indian girl visiting her aunt in Carioca Hill, he arouses the jealousy of his fiery mistress, forgotten lovers and childhood friend Lucinho, the community’s brooding drug lord
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