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Hysteries (1983)
Directed by Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho
Documentary · 16m
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…
Cast
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Sílvia Leblon
Chiquinho Brandão
Teca Pereira
Crew
- Director
- Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho
- Screenplay
- Isa Castro, Cida Aidar
- Director of Photography
- José Roberto Eliezer
- Editor
- Isa Castro
Details
- Original title
- Histerias
- Release date
- 1983-01-01
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Tatu Filmes