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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Director
Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho
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Keywords
feminismexperimental
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