Hysteries

Hysteries 1983 Released

Directed by Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho

Documentary · 16 min

 

Hysteries 1983 Released

Directed by Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho

Documentary · 16 min

 

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…

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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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1983
COUNTRY
BR
LANGUAGE
PT
SPOKEN
Portuguese
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