by Clarke Fountain
synopsis
In this Brazilian film, an unlikely couple fall in love amid the violence of the sexual underworld. Sandra, the daughter of a police detective, is a stripper. She meets Toninho when he comes to her apartment hoping to discover a photograph which shows Toninho in the same picture with his lover, Sandra's roommate, a transvestite who committed suicide. The two of them experience love at first sight, and have a torrid affair.
characteristics
- Dangerous Attraction
- Roommate
- Transvestite
- Police-detective
- Murder-suspect
- Daughter
- Courtesan
- Whore
- Streetwalker
- Call-girl
- Prostitute/prostitution
- Hooker
