Hysteries

Histerias

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

Screenplay

Cida Aidar

Screenplay

Isa Castro

Status

Released

Release date

01/01/1983

Original language

Portuguese