I Love You

Original title: Eu Te Amo

1981
R
1h 50m

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Man meets woman, and invites her home. The two start an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.Man meets woman, and invites her home. The two start an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.Man meets woman, and invites her home. The two start an intense relationship in order to shield themselves from loneliness.

Director
- Arnaldo Jabor
Writers
- Arnaldo Jabor
- Leopoldo Serran
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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Director
- Arnaldo Jabor
Writers
- Arnaldo Jabor
- Leopoldo Serran
Stars

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Awards
- 6 wins & 1 nomination

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Sonia Braga

Maria

Paulo César Peréio

Paulo
(as Paulo Cesar Pereio)

Vera Fischer

Barbara

Tarcísio Meira

Ulisses
(as Tarcisio Meira)

Regina Casé

Mulher de Valdir

Vera Abelha

Barbara

Maria Lúcia Dahl

Mulher de Ulisses

Sandro Solviatti

Taxista
(as Sandro Soviatt)

Flávio São Thiago

Valdir

Maria Sílvia

Marcus Vinícius

Guará Rodrigues

Atendente do necrotério
(as Guaraci Rodrigues)

Markus Konká

Director
- Arnaldo Jabor
Writers
- Arnaldo Jabor
- Leopoldo Serran
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Executive Order

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Trivia
In addition to being called Maria, Sonia Braga's character was also called 'Monica' at the beginning of the film. It becomes important in the later denouement of the story.

Goofs
Paulo is filming Barbara's face when she dumps him for another guy, explaining her reasoning all the time (her face is visible due to four television sets that appear in the background). When she's about to leave Paulo asks her for a last favor which she obliges but the camera is now focused on her legs but Paulo hasn't moved the camera neither left the floor where he was seated.

Quotes
[first lines]
Paulo: A strange phenomenon occured at the Congress. In the middle of house session, a unbereable stench started to spread under the house speaker's desk. Workers dug a hole at the center of the parliament and they discovered that it was a report mass at Brasilia's center. Some journalists at the scene affirmed that that was the end of the Brazilian miracle. However, Mr. Serginho, the chief cleaner has declared: "Finally the great national shitty has come".
[a famous sound from Globo network plays after his sentence]
Paulo: Unfortunately, congressman Alberto Chalub from São Paulo's MDB fell into the hole. He died on the spot. At the funeral the attendees were liberal ministers, family mothers and VCR indians. The pictoresque note was supplied by Neide, famous gay... congressman
[a fly keeps interrupting him]
Paulo: famous gay... congressman... who sang next to the graveyard "Babaloo" much to the condolence of the Arena party members atendees.
[kills the fly]
Paulo: Meanwhile in New Iguaçu...
[an off-the-air TV screen appears]

Connections
Featured in Meu Amigo Claudia (2009)

Soundtracks
Eu Te Amo
Composed by Chico Buarque and Antonio Carlos Jobim

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10/10

Underrated masterpiece

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.