Ashes to ashes

Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)

(1959)

Huh: Lent looms, but weeknights, having prematurely finished the Mardi Gras-ful Treme, I'm instead shivering through the ultrawintry Game of Thrones. Still, I have my Carnaval perennial to get me into the right spirit. Have I mentioned lately that this is the most beautiful film I know?