
Acting
Sílvia Leblon
Born 1949-08-05 · São Paulo
Acting credits
NRInterspersed 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…
Hysteries
1983
7.7The rise of real life country singers Milionário e José Rico from their humble beginnings until musical success.
The Highway of Life
1980
7.2A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.
The Storytellers
2003
3.3A young girl runaway from home to join the circus.
Janete
1983
4.6A TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighbourhood.
The Next Victim
1983
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Tribunal Bertha Lutz
1982