Hysteries
1983•16m•Released
Documentary
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…
Director
Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho
Writer
Cida Aidar, Isa Castro
Languages
Portuguese
Studio
Tatu Filmes
Cast
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Dancer
Isa Castro
Maria Rita Kehl
Sílvia Leblon
Chiquinho Brandão
Nilson Villas-Boas
Teca Pereira
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