Divine Love (2020)
Futuristic Drama | 101 minutes
Movie Info
- Director: Gabriel Mascaro
- Actors: Emilio de Mello Thalita Carauta Mariana Nunes Julio Machado Dira Paes
- Writer: Gabriel Mascaro, Rachel Daisy Ellis
- Release Date: November 13, 2020
- Genres: Futuristic Drama
- Country: Brazil
- Language: Portuguese with English subtitles
- Rating: Unrated
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Opens November 13 for In-Person Theater & Virtual Cinema release – see list & ticketing below (Virtual Cinema means choose an art house from anywhere in the country, and watch safely at home with an online link)
You can watch a recorded Q&A about the film HERE with director Gabriel Mascaro (“Neon Bull”) and acclaimed U.S. film producer Ted Hope (Good Machine, Amazon Studios).
Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro’s (Neon Bull) Divine Love (Divino Amor) world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and intense audience reactions. Sure to surprise and provoke, definitely recommended for adult-viewing only.
It’s the year 2027 in this dystopian, fluorescent Sci Fi story of Joana (Brazilian star Dira Paes), who uses her bureaucratic job to convince divorcing couples to stay together. Her secret weapon is Divine Love, an evangelical cult she belongs to that mixes in a little swinging and group fun into its more traditional prayers and services. Joana herself can’t seem to get pregnant by her own husband, but in an attempt to save her own marriage, she prays regularly at a very unusual religious drive-in, looking for a miracle to help her conceive. Divine Love is an amped up, sexy and witty take on a future full of dance parties, ritualistic orgies, cults and fundamentalist Christianity, and a critique of today’s right-wing led Brazil.
Reviews
“A lush, intricate sociopolitical commentary.” – IndieWire
“Shocking, wonderfully acted and surprisingly erotic.” -RogerEbert.com
“A thoughtful, intimate rumination on spirituality and sensuality.”– Screen International
“The new age of Brazilian protest cinema begins here.” -Variety
Awards and Festivals
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