I Love You Forever—RomCom Turned Nightmare Relationship
I Love You Forever, marketed as a “subversive” romantic comedy is in fact a painful horror film about a young woman deep in the throes of an abusive relationship.

What is your dream? How do you imagine yourself 10 years from now? Being a trans in Brazil is an act of daily resistance, being alive and allowing yourself to dream is necessary. In a futuristic wilderness a bunch of transvestites create their own redoubt. From clay they create their corps-territories, evoke their ancestralities from the force of fire, celebrate their existences, and dream.
I Love You Forever, marketed as a “subversive” romantic comedy is in fact a painful horror film about a young woman deep in the throes of an abusive relationship.
The external threat invaded the domestic environment at the most valuable moment: grieving.
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