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

For English-speaking viewers tracking down Love, Strange Love , the question is inevitable: Is this art or pornography?

To understand Amor Estranho Amor , one must situate it within the pornochanchada genre: Brazilian soft-core comedies and dramas of the 1970s and 80s that often hid social critique beneath sexual titillation. Khouri, a sophisticated director of psychological thrillers (e.g., O Anjo da Noite ), used the genre’s conventions to smuggle in existentialist themes. Amor Estranho Amor -Love Strange Love- -1982- English

The 1982 Brazilian film Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love), directed by Walter Hugo Khouri, is a controversial erotic drama framed as a series of 48-hour memories from a man named Hugo. The Frame Narrative For English-speaking viewers tracking down Love