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Orfeu [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DVD 77502 | New Yorker VideoLanguage: Portuguese Subtitle language: English Publication details: New York, NY : New Yorker Video, c2002.Edition: LetterboxedDescription: 1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1567302505
  • 9781567302509
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Affonso Beato ; editor, Sergio Mekler ; music, Caetanio Veloso.
Cast: Toni Garrido, Patrícia França, Murilo Benício, Zezé Motta.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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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0927 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050098565

Based on the play Orfeu da conceição / Vinicius de Moraes.

Originally produced motion picture in 1999.

Run time: approx. 112 min.

For specific features see interactive menu.

"A New Yorker Films release."

DVD format.

In Portuguese with English subtitles.

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