Love Strange Love

Love Strange Love

For them, everything was permited.

Directed by Walter Hugo Khouri

Produced by Cinearte Produções Cinematográficas, Embrafilme

1982123 min5.8 / 10

A melancholic, introspective memory piece about a child's sexual awakening in a brothel during a pivotal moment in Brazilian history, filtered through adult reflection and tinged with moral ambiguity.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Love Strange Love sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Love Strange Love end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Love Strange Love violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Love Strange Love easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Love Strange Love scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

32/ 100

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Rarity80

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Surprise17

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Love15

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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