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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Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Dancer
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Isa Castro
Maria Rita Kehl
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Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho Director · Cida Aidar Screenplay Isa Castro Screenplay
First release January 1, 1983 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Histerias
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Tatu Filmes
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Brazil
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Original title
Histerias
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · January 1, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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