Hysteries
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha · Nilson Villas-Boas · Maria Rita Kehl · Isa Castro · Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho · Teca Pereira · Sílvia Leblon · Cida Aidar · Chiquinho Brandão