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  • 2020
  • Outsider Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2020
  • Outsider Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Brazil, 2027. Joana (Dira Paes) 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...

Directed By: Gabriel Mascaro

Written By: Rachel Daisy Ellis, Esdras Bezerra, Lucas Paraizo, Marcelo Gomes, Gabriel Mascaro

  • 2020
  • Outsider Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2020
  • Outsider Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m

Divine Love

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
86
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Brazil, 2027. Joana (Dira Paes) 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...

Directed By: Gabriel Mascaro

Written By: Rachel Daisy Ellis, Esdras Bezerra, Lucas Paraizo, Marcelo Gomes, Gabriel Mascaro

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Universal Acclaim Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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100
Feb 1, 2019
Gorgeously shot and produced, impressively acted and with a lot of fascinating things on its mind, this is yet further proof that the 35-year-old Mascaro is one of Brazil’s most audacious and gifted filmmakers of his generation.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
90
Nov 13, 2020
With sci-fi touches and sanctimonious eroticism, the incisive satire intently takes on the influence of evangelical Christianity on the state — namely the far-right movement that elected populist Jair Bolsonaro.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW

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90
Feb 1, 2019
The new age of Brazilian protest cinema begins here, and “Divine Love” has kicked it off in dancing shoes.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 1, 2019
The drama engages with the ever-present theological question of how the faithful endure the silence of God during times of great suffering. But it also ponders the extremes the devout will go not only to receive an answer from on high, but proselytize in His name.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 1, 2019
Through his exquisite vision, Mascaro tells a curious tale of spiritual commitment, marital strife, and the blurred separation of church and state, leading to an ultimately surprising, powerful conclusion.
By Jordan Raup FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 1, 2019
No matter how much Mascaro reaches into the future, Divine Love retains an immediacy steeped in questions about the nature of faith, physical attraction, and the factors that can transform the personal into the political.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
65
Feb 1, 2019
Divine Love is beautifully shot and wonderfully acted, but for those who are on the religious persuasion it may be too blasphemous, and for those who do not subscribe to a defined religion, it may be too dogmatic and weird.
By Anthony Ray Bench FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Desvia, Malbicho Cine, Snowglobe Films, Jirafa, Mer Film, Bord Cadre Films, Film i Väst, Canal Brasil, Globo Filmes, House on Fire
Release Date Nov 13, 2020
Duration 1 h 41 m
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Website https://en.desvia.com.br/DIVINE-LOVE-Divino-Amor
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Awards

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 5 Nominations
Durban International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 3 Nominations

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