Title: ORFEU
Description: The legend of Orpheus and Eurydice is retold against the madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. The story is enhanced by brilliant performances, thrilling music, and magnificent color photography.
Type: Feature Film
Year: 1999
Director: Carlos Diegues
Country: Brazil
Film ID: 10
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Copy: 1 Format: DVD-R Language: Portuguese Subtitles: English Length: 112 minutes Copy ID: 1032 Comments: Source: Price: 0 Acquired: 9/9/9999
Description: A small-time traveling sideshow plays over 9,000 miles of backcountry Brazil, a mixture of primitivism and progress. One of the most original and entertaining films of recent years, it is an exotic, entertaining, exuberant, and often very moving film by Carlos Diegues.
Copies: 1 (DVD)
Length: 110 minutes
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Copies: 1 (DVD)
Length: 108 minutes
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Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 85 minutes
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Description: Based on The Pearl by John Steinbeck, who also assisted with the cinematography, this stunning film portrays the struggles of a poor Mexican family. Set in a community in Baja, the film centers around the family’s efforts to survive and save their baby by diving for pearls. A disturbing vision of poverty and racism, and a visual masterpiece, due to the direction of Emilio Fernandez and the photography of Gabriel Figueroa. Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 77 minutes
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Copies: 1 (DVD) Length: 85 minutes
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