Category
page 1Brazilian films based on plays

Black Orpheus
1959 film by Marcel Camus

O Pagador de Promessas
1962 Brazilian film directed by Anselmo Duarte

Orfeu
Orfeu is a 1999 Brazilian romantic drama film directed by Carlos Diegues, and starring Toni Garrido, Patrícia França and Murilo Benício. Based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, the film retells the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival.

O Auto da Compadecida
2000 film by Guel Arraes

Executive Order
2020 film directed by Lázaro Ramos

They Don't Wear Black Tie
1981 film by Leon Hirszman