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Hysteries

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…

Top Cast

  • Juliana Carneiro da Cunha

    Juliana Carneiro da Cunha

    Dancer

  • Isa Castro

    Isa Castro

  • Maria Rita Kehl

    Maria Rita Kehl

  • Sílvia Leblon

    Sílvia Leblon

  • Chiquinho Brandão

    Chiquinho Brandão

  • Nilson Villas-Boas

    Nilson Villas-Boas

  • Teca Pereira

    Teca Pereira

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…

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