The read
It runs a compact 16m.
Synopsis
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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Key crew
- Cida AidarScreenplay
- Maria Inês Nunes de CastilhoDirector
- Isa CastroScreenplay
Cast
- Juliana Carneiro da CunhaDancer
- Isa CastroCast
- Maria Rita KehlCast
- Sílvia LeblonCast
- Chiquinho BrandãoCast
- Nilson Villas-BoasCast
- Teca PereiraCast
Themes
feminismexperimental