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 Camus Writers: Marcel Camus and Vinícius de Length: 100 minutos. MoraesProduced by Sacha Gordine Year: 1959 Original Music by Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Carlos Country Brasil, France and UK Jobim Language: Portuguese Cinematography by Jean Bourgoin Color: Color Film Editing by Andrée Feix Sound: Dolby 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. Vinícius de Moraes Year: 1999 Photograhy: Alfonso Beato Country Brasil Music: Caetano Veloso Director: Carlos Diegues Editing: Angel Fernández Zoido Language: portugués Sound editor: Carlos Abate Color: Color Artistic Director :Clóvis Bueno Sound: Dolby Producers: Daniel Filho, Paula Lavigne e Writers: João Emanuel Carneiro, Carlos Renata Almeida Magalhães Diegues, Paulo Lins, Hamílton Vaz Pereira e Executive Producer Sabina Sigler Hermano Vianna, based on play by 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?.