
Hysteries
Documentary
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…
Top Cast


Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Dancer
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Dancer
Isa Castro
Isa Castro
Isa Castro
Maria Rita Kehl
Maria Rita Kehl
Maria Rita Kehl


Sílvia Leblon
Sílvia Leblon
Sílvia Leblon


Chiquinho Brandão
Chiquinho Brandão
Chiquinho Brandão
Nilson Villas-Boas
Nilson Villas-Boas
Nilson Villas-Boas


Teca Pereira
Teca Pereira
Teca Pereira
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