Marcel Camus

  • Marcel Camus – L’oiseau de paradis AKA Bird of Paradise AKA Dragon Sky (1962)

    Marcel Camus1961-1970CambodiaDramaRomance

    One of the rare Western films to take advantage of the spectacular setting of the temples at Angkor in Cambodia, L’Oiseau de Paradis is directed by Marcel Camus. The tale itself is relatively simple. A beautiful dancer has two admirers – one is a young worker whom she has only met by accident, and the other is an unscrupulous businessman. The worker had been training as a Buddhist monk and as his interest in the dancer and the businessman’s pursuit of the woman develop, the dancer and the former monk end up at the archaeological site of Angkor. There, Buddhists still worship in the temples and it is in this setting that the businessman kills them both. Reincarnation being accepted as truth in Cambodia, the story implies that the ill-fated young couple would be joined together in the future.Read More »

  • Marcel Camus – Orfeu Negro AKA Black Orpheus [+Extras] (1959)

    Drama1951-1960BrazilComedyMarcel Camus

    Screen: Legend Retold; ‘Black Orpheus’ Bows at the Plaza
    By BOSLEY CROWTHER
    Published: December 22, 1959

    ALL tangled up in the madness of a Rio de Janeiro carnival, full of intoxicating samba music, frenzied dancing and violent costumes, the Frenchman Marcel Camus presents us a melancholy tale in his color film, “Black Orpheus” (“Orfeu Negro”), which came to the Plaza yesterday.Read More »

  • Marcel Camus – Os Pastores da Noite AKA Othalia de Bahia (1975)

    1971-1980DramaFranceMarcel Camus

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    The last theatrical film by Marcel Camus based on the identically named novel by Jorge Amado. Set in Bahia, the film presents three interconnected stories set amongst prostitutes, cardsharpers, pimps, drunks and homeless Don Juans and Messalinas in the teeming life of a tropical port.Read More »

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