Storyline

In the heady atmosphere of Rio's carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Eurydice, a country girl, has run away from home to avoid a man who arrived at her her looking for her. She is convinced that he was going to kill her. She arrives in Rio to stay with her cousin Serafina. Orfeo works as a tram conductor and is engaged to Mira - as far as Mira is concerned anyways. As Eurydice and Orpheus get to know one another they fall deeply in love. Mira is mad with jealousy and when Eurydice disappears, Orfeo sets out to find her.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords

death of hero, falling off a cliff, hill, star crossed lovers, jealous woman, drums, carnival, dance, trolley, famous score, latin america, brazil, streetcar, rio de janeiro brazil, railway, character name as title, hit on the head with a rock, cleavage, dancing in the street, based on play

Short Review

The colorful pièce de résistance in French filmmaker Marcel Camus' underrated career.

Trailer

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