No article about Amor Estranho Amor can ignore the controversy. The film deals explicitly with a 12-year-old boy’s sexual awakening in a brothel. There are scenes—specifically involving the godmother—that make modern audiences deeply uncomfortable. It is essential to state that these scenes are not played for titillation in a mainstream sense; director Walter Hugo Khouri intended them as disturbing character studies.
Dawn. The party is over. The military men leave, straightening their uniforms, becoming respectable again. Dr. Welles gives Dona Laura an envelope of cash. No article about Amor Estranho Amor can ignore