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Black Orpheus (1959) - Her Name Is Eurydice?

Dancing Orpheus (Breno Mello) and Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn), leads into carnival preparations and the dramatic first appearance of "Death" (Ahdemar da Silva) in Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus, 1959.

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