Hysteries

Name: Hysteries
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1983-01-01
Duration: 16 min
Cast: Juliana Carneiro da Cunha, Sílvia Leblon, Chiquinho Brandão, Teca Pereira

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Documentary

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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Cast

Juliana Carneiro da Cunha

Dancer

Sílvia Leblon

Chiquinho Brandão

Teca Pereira

Hysteries

Cast

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