2019 · drama · dystopia · religious
Divine Love
Directed by Gabriel Mascaro1h 40m2019
In 2027 Brazil, civil servant Joana mainly deals with divorce cases. As a member of a branch of evangelical Christians known as the Divino Amor group, she uses her position to offer a kind of physical therapy to couples who want to separate. Although Joana and her husband Danilo regularly consummate their marriage, neither her constant prayers nor any other methods of assistance seem to be able to fulfill their desire for a child.
Our read: Divine Love (2019) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · dystopia · religious entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / dystopia, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- inventive
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