Hysteries

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Hysteries

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…

Original Title

Histerias

Release Date

1983-01-01

Year

1983

Duration

16m

Status

Released

Score

0.00

Production

#feminism#experimental

Cast

Juliana Carneiro da Cunha

Juliana Carneiro da Cunha

Dancer

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Isa Castro

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Maria Rita Kehl

Sílvia Leblon

Sílvia Leblon

Chiquinho Brandão

Chiquinho Brandão

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Nilson Villas-Boas

Teca Pereira

Teca Pereira