Question

An article about this film “Rising from Caricature” describes Jean-Luc Godard’s complaints over this film’s lack of realism. In this film, a character wears a blue and white scarf adorned with zodiac (-5[1])signs which is bitten by her lover’s dog. In this film’s first scene, a basrelief explodes to reveal a dancing crowd. This film’s title character, who is said to make the sun rise, performs a song titled for the morning before an event that (*) Vince (10[1])Guaraldi covered in an album based on this film. This film’s (10[1])female lead, who falls in love with a trolley conductor, is chased by a man wearing a black skeleton costume who identifies himself only as Death. Luiz (10[1])Bonfa’s songs for this film helped popularize bossa nova internationally. For 10 points, name this 1959 Marcel Camus (“cah-MOO”) film set during Carnaval that adapts (10[1])a myth of Eurydice’s death. ■END■

ANSWER: Black Orpheus [or Orfeu Negro]
<Aum Mundhe, Other Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anwen KelleherTOADWe jopping31-5
Forrest WeintraubOh you like geography? Name every Forrest.Khalil v Carbolic Shisha Ball Co7610
Tracy MirkinStatler and Waldorfesque Former Penn Bowl EditorsIll-Advised Buzz8710
Tejas RajebruhWhy the Kremlin Hates Bananas11410
Ophir LifshitzWe joppingTOAD13810

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl Playtest10/12/2024Y4100%0%25%103.75