Fome de Amor (1968): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1968, Fome de Amor is a drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, running about 73 minutes.

What it’s about. An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, who would directly inspire his formally radical adaptation of an allegorical short story about adultery and colonialism by Guilherme de Figueiredo. Filmed in both Manhattan and Brazil and set against the background of the Vietnam War and its protests, Hunger for Love uses a rigorously abstract soundtrack and narrative structure to evoke the acute paranoia of the period building up to the December 1968 military coup that tipped Brazil perilously close to a conservative dictatorship. With its harsh critique of the decadent tendencies of the Sixties counterculture, Hunger for Love offers a key expression of the self-consciously “ideological” phase of Cinema Novo. -Harvard Film Archive

Who’s in it. Fome de Amor stars Arduíno Colassanti, Manfredo Colassanti, Leila Diniz and Paulo Porto as Alfredo, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.5/10, Fome de Amor has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Fome de Amor page.

If you liked it. Fans of Fome de Amor tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.