Eu Te Amo

I personally admit I'm into Brazilian cinematic experimentation. Here, the plot could seem surreal but it isn't at all. Just think about the socio-political context existing in Brazil at that epoch. Alternative and "controversial" issues were always severely banned, since Sganzerla and Rocha began in 1960s.

Actors and filmmakers who believed and embraced the idea in order to make a radical change are ALWAYS precious gems to keep alive and kicking in our heritage. People to treasure, then.

I cannot stand all this bigotry comments/reviews merely concerning sex scenes and full nudity. People who are miserably interested in peeking Braga's tits or "X rated action" stuff, among this movie, would better get a quick search entering Xhamster or Youporn.

The 1980 climate is astonishing. The photography is excellent, as well as the scenography.

This movie is the antithesis of Hollywood film. It's not afraid to celebrate lust, sensuality, carnality & the games one exercises to indulge in those "vices". The "anonymous" review quoted here is a sorry example of the fear that far too many puritans live with. This film is a CELEBRATION of life. The review is a dirge.

Very good film about human relationships, loneliness, personal growth and love. At the core here is the importance of human contact to move one's life forward. The film defines love as something different than in a typical love story. In a typical love story lust for another sometimes runs against what is right for one's self. In Eu Te Amo, lust comes out of self-preservation, an instinct to provide for certain emotions, but with the respect for other people's wills. Sexuality and the need to be sexual with another person may not be the only way to achieve self-love, but this film shows that it is the way these two people are attempting to achieve it, and if they end up caring about each other, so much the better. This is an R-rated film and I don't think it is anything beyond that, certainly not X-rated. It is for adults wishing to examine adult situations or for those afraid to enter into a new relationship. Sonia Braga's nude scenes are very appropriate for the story-line, not raunchy, they are important to describe where she is emotionally in the story.

I guess several so called "art" movies of the 70's and 80's didn't pass the test of time. The script is poor, the lines said by the actors are bad and the actors spit them out as if it was a first reading rehearsal. The props in the apartment and the costumes are nice. But the "high tech" gadgets used in the apartment, like the sculpture of tube TVs, the hand held camera, all look laughable today. The top prize goes to the ridiculous remote control with a joystick and a an antenna. It dates the movie too much. I must say, Braga and Fisher are at their prime beauty, but Pereio seems to be pathetically personifying the director's sexual fantasies. Full of cliches. It gets one extra star because the sound track is excellent. The theme song's lyrics make for a better plot then the one used in the movie.

What no one seems willing to admit is that "Eu Te Amo" qualifies as a XXX-rated hardcore film with almost every ingredient except for clinical close-ups. If this same film were produced in English in the USA or England it would have been tagged as porn and put on the shelf with "Debbie Does Dallas," but it gets a free ride because it is in Portuguese and comes across as "Sonia Does Sao Paolo". There is nothing wrong with raunch as long as it proudly proclaims what it really is, but this "Art Film" is deep down about as artistic as what used to run at The Pussycat Theater. Let the viewer beware.