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(Redirected from Divino Amor) 2019 Brazilian drama film

Divine Love
Film poster
Directed byGabriel Mascaro
Written byGabriel Mascaro
StarringDira Paes
Release date
  • 25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) (Sundance)
Running time101 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Divine Love (Portuguese: Divino Amor) is a 2019 Brazilian drama film directed by Gabriel Mascaro. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It tells the story of a deeply religious registry office clerk who uses her position at the births, deaths and marriages department to try to dissuade couples from getting a divorce. Joana (Dira Paes) does everything in the name of the sanctity of marriage and the Christian family. As she waits for a sign of recognition for all her efforts, a marital crisis of her own brings her even closer to God.

Cast

  • Dira Paes as Joana
  • Julio Machado as Danilo
  • Teca Pereira as Mestra Dalva
  • Metturo as Tony Priest at baptism

Release and reception

The film premiered at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals in 2019. The Hollywood Reporter, which considered Divine Love one of the best features at Sundance that year, called it "a very of-the-moment parable", while Variety described the film as "spiritual and sexy". IndieWire saw it as an "exuberant sociopolitical statement". The French magazine Le Polyster found the film "daring, surprising, intelligent, thrilling and, yes, absolutely divine". On Metacritic, Divine Love scored 86/100.

References

  1. "Sundance Unveils Politics-Heavy Lineup Featuring Ocasio-Cortez Doc, Feinstein Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. "divine-love". www.sundance.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. "Divino Amor | Divine Love". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. "'Divine Love' ('Divino amor'): Film Review | Sundance 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. Lodge, Guy (26 January 2019). "Sundance Film Review: 'Divine Love'". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. Kohn, Eric (26 January 2019). "'Divine Love' Review: Futuristic Brazilian Drama Is More Sex Therapy Than Sci-Fi". IndieWire. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  7. admin (11 February 2019). "Berlinale 2019 | Critique : Divine Love". Le Polyester (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. Divine Love, retrieved 25 April 2019

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