Featuring stellar performances from Brazilian cinema legends , Tarcísio Meira , and a young Xuxa Meneghel , Amor Estranho Amor remains a dark, dreamlike masterpiece of psychological and erotic exploration. The Plot: Memory, Desire, and Dissolution

The film’s international reputation is inextricably linked to Xuxa’s subsequent meteoric rise to fame. By the mid-1980s, Xuxa had transitioned into a wholesome children's entertainer. The existence of a film where her character engages in an erotic encounter with a 12-year-old boy threatened to destroy her career and brand. The Legal Battle