It’s the year 2027 in this dystopian, fluorescent Sci Fi story of Joana (Brazilian star Dira Paes), who 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 attempt to save her own marriage, she prays regularly at a very unusual religious drive-in, looking for a miracle to help her conceive. Divine Love is an amped up, sexy and witty take on a future full of dance parties, ritualistic orgies, cults and fundamentalist Christianity, and a critique of today’s right-wing led Brazil.
- Year2020
- Runtime101 min
- LanguagePortuguese with English subtitles
- CountryBrazil
- PremiereSundance
- RatingNot Rated
- NoteContains depictions of sex
- DirectorGabriel Mascaro
- ScreenwriterGabriel Mascaro, Rachel Daisy Ellis, Lucas Paraizo & Esdras Bezerra
- ProducerRachel Daisy Ellis
- Co-ProducerSandino Saravia Vinay, Katrin Pors, Augusto Matte, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Maria Ekerhovd & Anthony Muir
- CastEmilio de Mello, Thalita Carauta, Mariana Nunes, Julio Machado, Dira Paes
- CinematographerDiego Garcia
- EditorLivia Serpa, Eduardo Serrano, Fernando Epstein & George Cragg
- Production DesignThales Junqueira
- Sound DesignRoberto Espinoza
- MusicJuan Campodónico & Santiago Marrero, Otávio Santos
It’s the year 2027 in this dystopian, fluorescent Sci Fi story of Joana (Brazilian star Dira Paes), who 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 attempt to save her own marriage, she prays regularly at a very unusual religious drive-in, looking for a miracle to help her conceive. Divine Love is an amped up, sexy and witty take on a future full of dance parties, ritualistic orgies, cults and fundamentalist Christianity, and a critique of today’s right-wing led Brazil.
- Year2020
- Runtime101 min
- LanguagePortuguese with English subtitles
- CountryBrazil
- PremiereSundance
- RatingNot Rated
- NoteContains depictions of sex
- DirectorGabriel Mascaro
- ScreenwriterGabriel Mascaro, Rachel Daisy Ellis, Lucas Paraizo & Esdras Bezerra
- ProducerRachel Daisy Ellis
- Co-ProducerSandino Saravia Vinay, Katrin Pors, Augusto Matte, Dan Wechsler, Jamal Zeinal Zade, Maria Ekerhovd & Anthony Muir
- CastEmilio de Mello, Thalita Carauta, Mariana Nunes, Julio Machado, Dira Paes
- CinematographerDiego Garcia
- EditorLivia Serpa, Eduardo Serrano, Fernando Epstein & George Cragg
- Production DesignThales Junqueira
- Sound DesignRoberto Espinoza
- MusicJuan Campodónico & Santiago Marrero, Otávio Santos