Set in the late 1930s against the backdrop of major political shifts in Brazil, Amor Estranho Amor is told through the memories of an adult man named Hugo. He looks back at a pivotal, highly intense period of his childhood when he was a 12-year-old boy (played by Marcelo Ribeiro).
It is impossible to discuss Amor Estranho Amor without addressing the massive controversy that kept it hidden from the public eye for nearly two decades. Set in the late 1930s against the backdrop
Amor Estranho Amor is framed as a memory. An old man visits an abandoned mansion, flashing back to 48 hours in 1937 when he was just 12-year-old Hugo (Marcelo Ribeiro). The boy is taken by his grandmother to São Paulo to be left with his mother, Anna (the breathtaking Vera Fischer), who lives in a stunning estate that is secretly a high-class brothel owned by a powerful politician. Amor Estranho Amor is framed as a memory