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    Hysteries

    16'

    1983-01-01

    N/A

    Documentary

    Overview:

    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…

    WritingCida AidarDirectingMaria Inês Nunes de Castilho

    Cast

    1

    Dancer

    Juliana Carneiro da Cunha

    1

    Isa Castro

    1

    Maria Rita Kehl

    1

    Sílvia Leblon

    1

    Chiquinho Brandão

    1

    Nilson Villas-Boas

    1

    Teca Pereira

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Brazil
    • List of languages:
      1. Portuguese
    • List of companies:
      1. Tatu Filmes
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.4978
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Histerias

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