Directed by
Walter Hugo Khouri |
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Walter Hugo Khouri |
Cast (in credits order)
Vera Fischer | .. | Anna | |
Tarcísio Meira | .. | Dr. Osmar (as Tarcisio Meira) | |
Xuxa | .. | Tamara | |
Íris Bruzzi | .. | Laura (as Iris Bruzzi) | |
Otávio Augusto | .. | Dr. Itamar (as Otavio Augusto) | |
Walter Forster | .. | Hugo - Adult | |
Marcelo Ribeiro | .. | Hugo - Child | |
Matilde Mastrangi | .. | Olga | |
José Miziara | |||
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Madame Adelube | |||
Vanessa Alves | .. | (as Linda Vanessa) | |
Carmem Angélica | |||
Jairo Arco e Flexa | |||
Elys Cardoso | |||
Renée Casemart | |||
Mateus Colaço | |||
Edson Cruz | |||
Rita de Cássia | |||
Rubens Ewald Filho | |||
Márcia Fraga | |||
Rosângela Gomes | |||
Sandra Graffi | |||
Pedro Paulo Hatheyer | |||
Mara Husemann | |||
José Lucas | |||
Mauro Mendonça | .. | Dr. Benicio | |
Railda Nonato | |||
Alair Norton | |||
Suely Oliveira | |||
Marcos Ricciardi | |||
Rosemary | |||
Cleide Singer | |||
Kátia Spencer | |||
Vicente Vergal | |||
Jean Zaidner | |||
Oswaldo Zanetti |
Produced by
Alexandre Adamin | .. | associate producer |
Anibal Massaini Neto | .. | producer |
Music by
Rogerio Duprat |
Cinematography by
Antonio Meliande |
Film Editing by
Eder Mazzini |
Art Direction by
Cecília Vicente de Azevedo |
Costume Design by
Cecília Vicente de Azevedo |
Makeup Department
Walter d'Paula | .. | hair stylist |
Josefina de Oliveira | .. | makeup artist |
Production Management
Antônio Martins C. Filho | .. | production supervisor |
Jorge Sampaio | .. | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heron D'Ávila | .. | assistant director |
Art Department
Reinaldo Cabral | .. | set dresser |
Sound Department
Antônio César | .. | sound effects editor |
José Luiz Sasso | .. | re-recording mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Hércules Barbosa | .. | still photographer |
Luiz Antônio de Souza | .. | electrician |
Luiz Antônio de Souza | .. | electrician |
José Dias | .. | electrician |
Aparecido Ferrari | .. | electrician (as Antônio Aparecido Ferrari) |
Walter Hugo Khouri | .. | camera operator (as Rupert Khouri) |
Gyula Kolozsvary | .. | assistant camera |
José Carlos Lampa | .. | electrician |
Wilson Louzada | .. | electrician |
Waldomiro Reis | .. | electrician |
Editorial Department
Wanderley Klein | .. | assistant editor |
José Carlos Rosa | .. | color consultant (as José Carlos Rosa Neto) |
Pio Zamuner | .. | color consultant |
Music Department
Osmar Zan | .. | musical director |
Other crew
Rubens de Souza | .. | production secretary |
Cláudio Paulo do Nascimento | .. | production assistant |
José Maurício Sanches | .. | title designer |
Dinorah Zilber | .. | production assistant |
Mirela Zunino | .. | continuity |
Love Strange Love | |
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Directed by | Walter Hugo Khouri |
Produced by | Anibal Massaini Neto |
Written by | Walter Hugo Khouri |
Starring | Vera Fischer Tarcísio Meira Xuxa Meneghel |
Music by | Rogério Duprat |
Cinematography | Antonio Meliande |
Edited by | Eder Mazzini |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Embrafilme |
Release date | |
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Love Strange Love[2][3] (Portuguese: Amor Estranho Amor) is a 1982 Brazilian eroticcrimedrama film written and directed by Walter Hugo Khouri. The film stars Vera Fischer, Tarcísio Meira and Xuxa Meneghel. Fischer won the Best Actress Award at the 15th Festival de Brasília as well as the Air France Award.[1][4]
Synopsis[edit]
The story involves an adult man's recollection of a short period of his life in 1937. That year, on the eve of a key political change in Brazil, a 12-year-old boy is sent to live in a bordello. Casio wave ceptor atomic watch manual. The bordello's owner, the favorite woman of an important politician, is also the child's mother. In those hours, he discovers his own sexuality.
Cast[edit]
- Vera Fischer as Anna
- Tarcísio Meira as Dr. Osmar
- Xuxa Meneghel as Tamara
- Íris Bruzzi as Laura
- Walter Forster as Hugo (Adult)
- Marcelo Ribeiro as Hugo (Child)
- Mauro Mendonça as Dr. Benicio
Reception[edit]
In the criticism of the website Filmes do Chico, it is stated that 'because it was associated with Xuxa as a pedophile, the film gained a fame that does not correspond to the material it offers.' Like all of Khouri's films, Amor, Estranho Amor has many sex scenes, a lot of free nudity, but, putting the drops on the is, it's a good movie.'[5]
Controversy[edit]
Love Strange Love caused some controversy due to the participation of Xuxa in the cast. In an interview, Xuxa explained that she was between 17 and 19 years old when the film was made. In another interview Xuxa comments that the film was made in 1979.[6] Her character has sexual relations with a boy of 12 years, interpreted by the actor Marcelo Ribeiro.[7] As in the contract there was no release of the image for video, Xuxa, through a judicial injunction, ordered to collect all the original tapes of stores and stores of the country, nevertheless 4,000 copies were sold before the Justice to distribute its distribution, being, therefore, many pirate copies continued circulating, making of the film a true legend among people who did not know the work.[8]
The video of Love Strange Love has its marketing and distribution prohibited in the country. However, the film was released on DVD in the United States in 2005 and can be purchased by any Brazilian on foreign import sites. The US producer did not sell the rights to Xuxa, who filed a lawsuit in the US in 1993, but lost. In 2006, Marcelo Ribeiro was found at 39 and gave several interviews, and also published a book on how everything happened at the time, including conversations behind the scenes with the actress.
In 2007, taking advantage of its momentary popularity, it made a pornographic film. In 2007, Marcelo Ribeiro, then at age 40, gives an interview where he comments on the film's controversy.[9] In 2007, the entire film became available in 5 parts and uncut. No legal action has yet been taken on the case. In 2011, producer Anibal Massaine fights in justice in the attempt to commercialize the film, taking advantage of the fame of the artist.[10] In 2014, Xuxa lost a lawsuit it filed against Google to create a filter in order to eliminate results related to the movie in its search engine.[11] Xuxa filed an appeal against that decision but had, in 2017, the appeal denied.[12]
Awards[edit]
Awards | ||||
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Year | Award | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
1982 | Candango Trophy | Best Actress | Vera Fischer | Won |
Air France | Best Actress | Vera Fischer | Won |
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Amor Estranho Amor' (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^Miller, Rick (January 13, 1993). 'She's Coming To America'. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^Love Strange Love at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^'Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro - Os Vencedores do Festival' (in Portuguese). Secretaria de Estado de Cultura. Archived from the original on July 2, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ^'Amor, Estranho Amor'. filmesdochico.uol.com.br. November 16, 2009.
- ^'Xuxa fala abertamente sobre Amor Estranho Amor e revistas em que posou nua'. Youtube. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
- ^Campos, Jesse. 'Xuxa Precisa Chorar'. Bragança Jornal. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
- ^Elizabeth Orsini. 'O vídeo polêmico de Xuxa'. Jornal do Brasil. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
- ^'Após 25 anos, 'menino' que fez filme erótico com Xuxa prepara livro; leia entrevista'. Folha.com.br. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
- ^Campos, Jesse. 'Crônica de um estranho amor'. Folha.com.br. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
- ^Arthur Eduardo Magalhaes Ferreira. 'Sentença'(PDF). TJ-RJ. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
- ^'Xuxa perde recurso contra Google para remover buscas sobre filme erótico'. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
External links[edit]
- Amor Estranho Amor on IMDb
The film is told in flashback as a fifty-something man remembers a brief period during WWII where he came to visit an upscale brothel managed by his mother. As political intrigue swirls both inside and outside the brothel, the twelve-year-old protagonist is seduced by no less than three of the prostitutes. The serious historical intrigue notwithstanding, it's very hard to buy (even in Brazil)that adult women working daily in the sex trade could not resist bedding a boy whose testicles probably haven't dropped yet. Obviously, the sex scenes between the nude adult women and the partially nude adolescent boy were (and still would be) considered controversial, but I think this movie is much less guilty of exploiting the adolescent male body than it is of exploiting the adolescent male fantasies that most adult males still vividly recall. (Besides if you're really looking at the twelve-year-old actor in the presence of all these voluptuous Brazilian women, I think it says a lot more about you than it does the movie).
As other reviews have mentioned, one of the prostitutes here is played Xuxa Menghel who went on to become a pretty big celebrity singer (and kiddie TV host!) in Brazil. She may indeed be the reason this rattling skeleton in her closet does not seemingly exist in any version with its native language. Still, she is undeniably sexy whether stripping out of a ridiculous bear costume or rubbing her naked self against the barely pubescent protagonist. She and some of the other women (including 'pornochchada' regular Vanessa Alves)are really the only thing this overly serious, and at the same time, laughably ridiculous movie really has going for it.
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