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This Love That Consumes

Name: This Love That Consumes
Director: Allan Ribeiro
Released: 2012
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

6.8/10

Good

2012

Director

Allan Ribeiro

Runtime

80 minutes

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This Love That Consumes is a profound exploration of survival and spirituality in urban decay. It succeeds by highlighting the ability to act of its characters in reclaiming urban spaces and preserving Afro-Brazilian traditions. The film effectively challenges conventional hierarchies of success by focusing on a long-term queer companionship and non-Western spiritual frameworks. This narrative values communal and creative labor over capitalist definitions of stability. While the film excels in racial and cultural depth, it offers limited visibility regarding gender-specific dynamics and disability, focusing instead on the intersection of spirituality and queer companionship.

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Category Breakdown

Does This Love That Consumes have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

The film focuses on a long-term companionship between Gatto and Barbot, which spans over 40 years. This portrayal of a non-traditional domestic partnership highlights the importance of queer life-partnerships.

How does This Love That Consumes portray gender?

Good

The story emphasizes the creative leadership of its main characters, showcasing their artistic and spiritual intelligence rather than traditional masculine roles focused on economic success.

How racially and ethnically diverse is This Love That Consumes?

Excellent

The film highlights Afro-Brazilian spirituality by integrating the Orishas into everyday life. This centers Black cultural identity as the primary source of meaning and spiritual practice.

How does This Love That Consumes represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film challenges Western-centric views of progress by presenting abandoned buildings as spiritually sacred spaces. It promotes a pluralistic, non-Western spiritual landscape through the Orishas.

Does This Love That Consumes include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no explicit depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Strong focus on Afro-Brazilian spirituality and the Orishas.
Authentic depiction of long-term queer companionship and domesticity.
Effective deconstruction of capitalist values through urban reclamation.

Limited or Absent

Lack of explicit representation regarding physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
Limited exploration of gender-specific dynamics beyond creative leadership.

Official Synopsis

Gatto and Barbot are lifelong companions for more then 40 years and have just moved to a big decayed and abandoned building downtown Rio de Janeiro, where they start to live and promote their dance company rehearsals. The difficulties of everyday life are merged to artistic creation and to their belief in the Orishas gods. Through dance they spread through the city, occupying their territories.

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