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Abjuration

"IN THE BLUR BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION WE CONJURE THE SPELL!"

Naywá returns to her hometown of Oeiras, in the interior of Piauí, and proposes to a group of amateur actors a reading and performance of a 1758 document that narrates a Witches' Sabbath in the city. Arrenego is a film that addresses the persistence of colonial, racial, and gender oppression in Brazil, connecting the past with the contradictions of the present.

Top Cast

  • Naywá Moura

    Naywá Moura

  • Beron Mendes

    Beron Mendes

  • Yanna Pacheco

    Yanna Pacheco

  • Amanda Morais

    Amanda Morais

Overview

Naywá returns to her hometown of Oeiras, in the interior of Piauí, and proposes to a group of amateur actors a reading and performance of a 1758 document that narrates a Witches' Sabbath in the city. Arrenego is a film that addresses the persistence of colonial, racial, and gender oppression in Brazil, connecting the past with the contradictions of the present.

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