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. 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 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.
AMOR ESTRANHO AMOR 1982 TRAILER MOVIE
The fairly serious plot is certainly not helped by the atrocious English dubbing of the existing VHS version, but the bigger problem is that the whole movie is even more laughably implausible than even the wildest, most out-there 'pornochadas' I've seen. This Brazilian movie somewhat resembles the soapy, exploitative Brazilian 'pornochachada' films of its era, but is a much more serious and arty (and pretentious) period film. As for those mature enough to accept this masterful art piece for what it is, the writer/director Walter Khouri, his cast Xuxa Meneghel, Tarcisio Meira and Vera Fishcher are to be praised as they have given the world a foreign Classic. Although there is much controversy over the inter-action between the young boy and the lascivious courtesans, there is nothing in the movie to be feared by any save those who lack sophistication. However, the stagnant dialog and poor acting of the principals leaves much to be desired. The movie is stylish, often opulent with respects to the lavish settings, the gorgeous women and most startling with the innocent beauty of the boy and his mother. While a group of political radicals plan the over throw of the government, Hugo is treated to the eye-popping candy delights of his youthful imagination, while his mother warns him of those same pleasures.
While there, Hugo as a child (Marcelo Ribeiro) recalls the two days he spent with his prostitute mother and a bevy of beautiful whores. Having been evicted by his Grandmother, he is taken to live in his mother's house, a glamorous, socially exclusive, high class Bordello. ' It's the story of a man, Hugo (adult - Walter Forster) who's returning to the family home he lived in when he was a very young Brazilian preteen boy growing up amid the governmental turmoil of the 1930's. ' Roughly translated it means, 'Love, Strange Love. However if you seek a thinking film, which reaches into your every day life, look to Foreign Films. Look closely and you'll see they all mimic each other. Hollywood produces hundreds of action/cartoon/fantasy films each year. Therefore it is true that Xuxa has forbidden the distribution of 'Amor Estranho Amor' trying to hide the truth about her origins. Note: On, the Cinearte Filmes unsuccessfully tried to distribute this film. Title (Brazil): 'Amor Estranho Amor' ('Love Strange Love') The fact is that my VHS is very rare, and if it is true, I regret the lack of opportunity for the new generations of cinema lovers, who probably will not have the chance to watch this film. Then, in accordance with the rumors and the urban legends, she would have gone to the court, bought the rights of this film and most of the copies available in the market and this movie became forbidden for Brazilians. Inclusive she has shows in some American Cable TV. She was very successful in her new career, and became a symbol for the children. Then, after an affair with the black soccer player Pelé, she became the host of a show for children in Manchete TV. In the 80's, Xuxa became famous posing nude for male magazines (such as 'Ele & Ela' and 'Playboy'). However, it is also very ironical that the whore who seduced Hugo is nowadays one of the most famous Brazilian pop-star. This stylish movie of Walter Hugo Khouri has a beautiful photography and a nice coming of age story of lost of innocence with the first sexual experience of a boy through the memories of an old man.
Anna seduces Hugo and with her, he has his first sexual intercourse that marks him forever. The blonde, beautiful and young whore Tamara (the Brazilian pop-star XUXA) has just arrived from the South of Brazil specially to serve an important politician. However, she sends Hugo to spend a couple of days with his mother to press Anna to increase the allowance she sends to raise her son. His mother Anna (Vera Fischer, one of the most beautiful Brazilian actresses) works in the whorehouse, and he is raised by his grandmother. Some fifty years ago, that place was a famous brothel, visited by very important persons. In the present days of 1982, Hugo (Walter Foster) visits a beautiful manor, remembering his childhood.