Love Strange Love

Love Strange Love
Theatrical release poster
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
Cinearte
Distributed by Embrafilme
Release date
  • November 1, 1982 (1982-11-01)[1]
Running time
 110 minutes
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese

Love Strange Love[2][3] (Portuguese: Amor Estranho Amor) is a 1982 Brazilian erotic drama 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

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. 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

Reception

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 movies, Amor, Estranho Amor has many scenes of sex, a lot of free nudity, but, putting the drops on the is, it's a good movie."[5]

Controversy

The film caused controversy because it contained the participation of the children's presenter Xuxa.

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

Awards
Year Award Category Recipients and nominees Result
1982 Candango Trophy Best Actress Vera Fischer Won
Air France Best Actress Vera Fischer Won

References

  1. 1 2 "Amor Estranho Amor" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ Miller, Rick (January 13, 1993). "She's Coming To America". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ Love Strange Love at Rotten Tomatoes
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Amor, Estranho Amor". filmesdochico.uol.com.br. November 16, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Xuxa fala abertamente sobre Amor Estranho Amor e revistas em que posou nua". Youtube. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  7. ↑ Campos, Jesse. "Xuxa Precisa Chorar". Bragança Jornal. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  8. ↑ Elizabeth Orsini. "O vídeo polêmico de Xuxa". Jornal do Brasil. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Após 25 anos, "menino" que fez filme erótico com Xuxa prepara livro; leia entrevista". Folha.com.br. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  10. ↑ Campos, Jesse. "Crônica de um estranho amor". Folha.com.br. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  11. ↑ Arthur Eduardo Magalhaes Ferreira. "Sentença" (PDF). TJ-RJ. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Xuxa perde recurso contra Google para remover buscas sobre filme erótico". Retrieved November 16, 2009.
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