Hysteries (1983)
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…
Director:
Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho
Writers:
Isa Castro, Cida Aidar.
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Juliana Carneiro da Cunha as Dancer |
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Isa Castro as |
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Maria Rita Kehl as |
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Sílvia Leblon as |
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Chiquinho Brandão as |
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Nilson Villas-Boas as |
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Teca Pereira as |
| Writing | Isa Castro | Screenplay |
| Directing | Maria Inês Nunes de Castilho | Director |
| Writing | Cida Aidar | Screenplay |
| Editing | Isa Castro | Editor |
| Camera | José Roberto Eliezer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Walter Rogério | Sound |
| Camera | Chico Botelho | Additional Photography |
