Hysteries
1983 · 16 min
Documentary
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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…
Crew
- Director Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho
- Screenplay Cida Aidar
- Screenplay Isa Castro
- Director of Photography José Roberto Eliezer
Cast
Crew
- Director — Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho
- Screenplay — Cida Aidar
- Screenplay — Isa Castro
- Director of Photography — José Roberto Eliezer
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