2006 · drama · music
Love for Sale
Directed by Karim Aïnouz1h 30m2006
In northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits for her husband. However, he has abandoned her. Sexy, restless and resolute, she raffles off "a night in paradise" with herself. This beautifully-shot portrait doesn't shy away from the burdens of a young scarred woman, but it also celebrates her courage to live according to her own rules.
Our read: Love for Sale (2006) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, gentle drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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