A group of free-spirited street artisans is approached by a businessman (Oscar Simch) interested in their work, which isn't selling so well, and he invites
the group of young men and women to stay at his country house where they can have free meals, free housing and continuing with their good artistic
works of which he'll sell. "On the love?" the hippie girl asks the man and he replies that it's on the love. So they go ahead and move there. It's all fun and
games until that man starts to demand for more work and creates an assembling line kind of business model where they follow orders, schedules and
procedures. Will they follow this new deal or there'll be some rebellion against this new system? And hey, where's the love?
"No Amor" ("On the Love") uses of a great sense of humor to deal with themes of freedom, the challenges that comes with it, and it invites
audiences to discuss what's more valuable as being productive members of society. To be left out in the open without anyone telling what to do, just doing what you love but
having little or no resources to enjoy such freedom? Or to become part of a system that takes hours and days from you to the point of exhaustion, sometimes doing what you hate but at the end of the
day you can go back home and enjoy a little of life?
I loved the twist done in this story as usually the hippie community is the one that invites outsiders to join their group and their free-spirited
lifestyle. Here it's the opposite (but they were tricked into it and were later used as "museum" objects to be displayed).
I haven't read the short story written by Moacyr Scliar - I did not see it credited on the movie, might have to check again - but I'd like to
see what's exactly his take on the matter and how he presented and I think it could be interesting to read since he was really good in dealing with
themes of social relations and prejudice against minorities. As for this film, despite having a group of unknown actors they were all brilliant, most
notably the businessman and the hippie leader (Pedro Santos), and it was a very good short film that desperatly needs more viewers. 8/10.
