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Hysteries

1983-01-01 pt 16m
Documentary
Interspersed with documentation of dancer Juliana Carneiro da Cunha’s "Possession" performance, which draws from Christian mysticism, in the filmmaker’s words this experimental short is about “the psychic suffering of women in a patriarchal society”. It takes the viewer on a disorienting journey—with abrupt cuts in sound and image—through the Catholic Church, repressed sexuality, racial violence perpetrated by white women, maternal fatigue, male chauvinism and drug addiction…

Screenplay

Isa Castro

Director

Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho

Screenplay

Cida Aidar

Editor

Isa Castro

feminism experimental

Status

Released

Countries

  • Brazil

Companies

  • Tatu Filmes