Love Strange Love

Individuals who view this film should be aware this is a foreign DVD movie, which depicts the culture and society in Brazil. Xuxa and Vera Fischer portray a very good example of a high priced call girl or consort, who sent her Son to live with a Grandmother. However the Grandmother returns her Grandson with the demand for more finances to take Hugo back. No doubt this is a luxurious brothel. Hugo is old enough to commence puberty and with it begins a young boy's discovery of sexuality. What can be overlooked in viewing this movie, is some of those who are economically and socially privileged, do send their Sons who start puberty to a luxurious brothel for their first sexual experiences. Although it seems strange for women to take an sexual interest in a young boy like Hugo and be attracted to his naivete. But Hugo's curiosity leads him to explore what goes on around him and he has erotic fantasies ... and acts on those desires. Of course some of the young girls are only too willing to help him adjust. But Hugo's Mother has a choice to make - and she chooses the luxurious lifestyle of a call girl/consort; Hugo is sent back to his Grandmother after a long scene of incestuous sexual intercourse with his Mother. In the course of the DVD movie, the view observes Hugo as an adult who has a serious of "flashbacks" to the past when he was a boy at the brothel and obviously was sent back to his Grandmother's care to grow up. This movie is a masterpiece of South American television in a country like Brazil with realistic presentations of certain cultural aspects. Caution is the right term for any viewer to be aware foreign countries have their own cultures and societies which can be very volatile and unstable. This foreign film covers all the aspects with brilliance.

This is indeed a strange movie. The much older Hugo has returned to the house where his mother worked and remembers the short time he spent there when he was around 12 or 13 years old. Young Hugo had been living with his grandmother but she took him to the high class brothel where his mother works, and left him there. His mother has no way to avoid letting him spend the night. This happens during a period of great political unrest in the country and the brothel is right in the middle of one powerful man's political dealings. Not only does the boy witness extensive nudity and sex, but one of the younger prostitutes makes very aggressive moves towards Hugo. It is not clear if the youngster actually has sex, but if he does it is not with the person you expect. The acting is not the best, especially in the longer dialogue scenes, but I have seen worse. The movie is not predictable, and therefore is not boring from that stand point, not that it would be that easy to get bored just from the young beautiful prostitutes running around scantly clad or nude. The boy and some of the men are also seen nude, but not full frontal nudity like the women are.

The DVD was with English dubbing, which was different from my expectation ( I prefer subtitles with original dialogue) and although the production is from a long time ago, the picture and sound qualitiy was good enough to enjoy the movie. As a movie, I know this is not everyone's cup of tea and infact some might look down on this, but I consider it a work of art and just so it needs to be appreciated with an eye for beauty and innocence. I remember seeing this movie about 15 years ago in B/W but had missed the title and had it always in my memories. It was just now I could trace it and enjoy on a full HD colour screen. It is a remarkably contravertial yet beautifully made script.

not a bad film ,a bit raunchy

The movie itself was pretty good but it was a copy of an VCR tape and the quality was very poor

This film totally lacked professionalism from start to finish. The fact that it borders child pornography only by a thin line is no surprise in this poorly made foreign film. The "voiceovers" were pathetic. I suspect the boy's voice was done by a girl or young woman and did not match the boy's person at all. The same poor quality applied to all the rest of the characters as well. The incest scene with the boy and his Mother was not the worst part of the film. Other scenes depicted a so-called war or conflict happening or about to happen between two countries or cities of which which I have no clue as to the reason or what countries. This conflict had little or no bearing on the plot of the story. Much of the conservation between the other characters, during a party and other times, made absolutely no sense whatsoever and appeared to be used as "fill-in" for the purpose of using up time in the film. NOT WORTH THE MONEY OR THE TIME TO WATCH.....

This is obviously second-hand with lots of obvious wear on the play side. However it plays fine and it's a great classic movie so still happy with it.

Wonderful coming of age story set in the 1930's. This movie really took me back to my own formative years and the feelings and desires I experienced at just about the same age. This is a confusing period in a young mans life and the young actor who played Hugo did an excellent job portraying this. Excellent DVD and kudos to the good folks at New Star Video for presenting the complete unedited version.