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Love Strange Love
Love Strange Love

Love Strange Love

For them, everything was permited.

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Portuguese

Runtime

123 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

11 January 1982

Country

Brazil

Cast

Marcelo Ribeiro

Marcelo Ribeiro

Hugo (child)

Vera Fischer

Vera Fischer

Anna

Tarcísio Meira

Tarcísio Meira

Dr. Osmar

Íris Bruzzi

Íris Bruzzi

Laura

Xuxa

Xuxa

Tamara

Mauro Mendonça

Mauro Mendonça

Dr. Benicio

Walter Forster

Walter Forster

Hugo (adulto)

Vanessa Alves

Vanessa Alves

Otávio Augusto

Otávio Augusto

Dr. Itamar

Matilde Mastrangi

Matilde Mastrangi

Rubens Ewald Filho

Rubens Ewald Filho

Mara Husemann

Mara Husemann

Pedro Paulo Hatheyer

Pedro Paulo Hatheyer

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