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Love Strange Love

Love Strange Love

For them, everything was permited.

19825.82h 3m

Overview

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.

Directed by Walter Hugo Khouri
Written by Walter Hugo Khouri
Produced by Anibal Massaini Neto
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Top Cast

Marcelo Ribeiro

Marcelo Ribeiro

Hugo (child)

Vera Fischer

Vera Fischer

Anna

Tarcísio Meira

Tarcísio Meira

Dr. Osmar

Íris Bruzzi

Íris Bruzzi

Laura

Xuxa Meneghel

Xuxa Meneghel

Tamara

Mauro Mendonça

Mauro Mendonça

Dr. Benicio

Walter Forster

Walter Forster

Hugo (adulto)

Vanessa Alves

Vanessa Alves

Otávio Augusto

Otávio Augusto

Dr. Itamar

M

Mara Husemann

Themes & Keywords

brothelcoming of ageprostitutionincestsexual awakening

About Love Strange Love

Love Strange Love is a drama, history film released in 1982 exploring themes of brothel, coming of age, prostitution, incest, sexual awakening. Directed by Walter Hugo Khouri, it stars Marcelo Ribeiro, Vera Fischer, Tarcísio Meira. 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.

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