(Histerias)

Content: 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…

Countries:

Brazil

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

16 minutes

Year:

1983

Directors:

Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho

Production companies:

Tatu Filmes

Actors:

Dancer

Crews:

Screenplay

Director

Screenplay

Editor

Director of Photography