Love Strange Love

"For them, everything was permited."

1982 2h 3m PT

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 74

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Synopsis

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A man remembers forty-eight crucial hours in his life when, as a child, he visited his mother, the favorite woman of an important politician, in a bordello owned by him, right before some important political changes in 1937 Brazil. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.

“For them, everything was permited.”

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Cast

Marcelo Ribeiro
Hugo (child)
Vera Fischer
Anna
Tarcísio Meira
Dr. Osmar
Íris Bruzzi
Laura
Xuxa
Tamara
Mauro Mendonça
Dr. Benicio
Walter Forster
Hugo (adulto)
Vanessa Alves

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Walter Hugo Khouri
Writers: Walter Hugo Khouri
Languages: German, Portuguese
Countries: Brazil

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ERA

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44 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Portuguese.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Walter Hugo Khouri, shot by Antonio Meliande. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rogério Duprat. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eder Mazzini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Marcelo Ribeiro and Vera Fischer and Tarcísio Meira carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "For them, everything was permited.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Walter Hugo Khouri directs. Antonio Meliande behind the camera. Rogério Duprat scores. Eder Mazzini cuts. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in German, Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

144 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Portuguese.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Walter Hugo Khouri, shot by Antonio Meliande. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Rogério Duprat. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Eder Mazzini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Marcelo Ribeiro and Vera Fischer and Tarcísio Meira carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "For them, everything was permited.".
9IMDB entry: tt0083552 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "brothel", "coming of age", "prostitution", "incest".
12Released under 11 different titles around the world.