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Documentary

Hysteries

Release1983
Runtime0H 16M
LanguagePortuguese
StatusReleased

Synopsis

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…

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Full Cast & Crew (5)

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Director

Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho

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Keywords

feminismexperimental

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Production:Tatu Filmes