Amor Estranho Amor -love Strange Love- -1982- English __full__ Review

Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love) is a 1982 Brazilian drama directed by Walter Hugo Khouri. The film is best known internationally for its controversial history and for featuring a young Xuxa Meneghel. 🎭 Core Plot Summary The story is told through the eyes of an adult man named

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• Roger Ebert (hypothetical): Would likely have awarded it a “thumbs down” not for lack of art, but for the irresolvable ethical dilemma of a child actor in a sexually charged role.
• Sight & Sound (UK): Called it “a troubling, decadent masterpiece that forces the viewer to confront their own relationship to the male gaze.”
• Brazilian critics: Remain deeply divided. Some hail Khouri as a misunderstood genius. Others call the film an unforgivable sin that should remain buried.

Conclusion: A Film That Cannot Be Loved

The title Love, Strange Love is ironic. There is very little love on screen. There is manipulation, power, nostalgia, and horror. The “strangeness” is not the strangeness of passion, but the strangeness of watching a child’s soul being bartered for a cinematic image. Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love) is a

4. The Pornochanchada Aesthetic as Political Smokescreen Roger Ebert (hypothetical): Would likely have awarded it