Education
Nowadays it is the National School of Law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Nowadays it is the National School of Law of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Cinema recognition and collaborations
His play Orfeu da Conceição, a reworking of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in the carnival in Rio, was itself adapted into the film Black Orpheus, which won an Academy Award in 1959 as the Best Foreign Language Film (France; director, Marcel Camus). It was also awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival and the 1960 British Academy Award. The film was a co-production between France, Italy and Brazil, and included several songs by Jobim and Moraes, every one of which became an international it: "A Felicidade". "Manha De Carnaval", "Samba De Orfeo" etc.
His songs Para Uma Menina com Uma Flor and Samba da Bênção (music by Baden Powell) were included on the soundtrack of A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme, Claude Lelouch, 1966), another Cannes film festival winner.