The movie Black Orpheus starts off with upbeat (samba?) music and a dancing group of people in all ages in the countryside/mountain. It seems like they are having fun dancing and playing with the kite and drums. I enjoyed the opening of this movie, the upbeat and exciting music displayed the setting of this show, which aided me to further understand the culture of the city. The people were even enjoying the carnival in ferries/boats and busses; recognizing the people in Rio de Janeiro pleasuring every moment and occasion of the event, was very pleasant and delightful.
Other than the music and dancing of the carnival, the movie showed the vast view of Rio de Janeiro. The beautiful green hills, the harbor, the buildings, and how friendly and fun the people look. How the film expressed the culture (music, dance, and social gathering) and effectively conveyed the structure of the city (nature and buildings) in just seven minutes or so was amazing.
A girl, I don’t know her name, but she seems like a girl who lives up on the mountain, came down to the city during the carnival to go meet her cousin. When she came down, she seemed surprised by the dude (with a pinwheel and a whistle(?)), even though he literally did nothing to her. And not just the dude (with pinwheel) but to other guys and people in general in the city too, she seemed very uncomfortable around them. I wonder why?? I thought she might have some hating feeling towards guys or social gatherings, but that doesn’t seem to be the case, since she didn’t seem uncomfortable going on the bus and chatting with Hermes (bus station guy) and Orpheus (bus driver)…
I assumed she was going to be the protagonist of this movie Black Orpheus since she was the first person on the movie, consistently for around six minutes. But I guess she isn’t the protagonist, considering the bus driver’s name is Orpheus, its the name of the movie ahaha. I wonder if she will eventually show up in the movie again or meet Orpheus again soon, it seems like Orpheus is engaged to another girl tho… (i dont know this other girls name too/ she didn’t look like a protagonist type of character tho…)
Discussion Question: Why do you guys think the girl seemed uncomfortable around people? Why did the girl have to leave her home and go see her cousin during a fun carnival?