Black Orpheus (Portuguese: Orfeu Negro) is a 1959 film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of a favela in Rio de Janeiro during the Carnaval. The film was an international co-production between production companies in Brazil, France and Italy.
The film is particularly renowned for its soundtrack by two Brazilian composers: Antônio Carlos Jobim, whose song "A felicidade" opens the film; and Luiz Bonfá, whose "Manhã de Carnaval" and "Samba of Orpheus" have become bossa nova classics.
See more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Orpheus
two good links to explain the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice:
http://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/orpheus-and-eurydice/
http://www.greeka.com/greece-myths/orpheus-eurydice.htm
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