27 APRIL — 07 MAY 2023

27 APRIL — 07 MAY 2023

Medusa

Anita Rocha da Silveira

Brazil

Fiction, 2021, 127'

In Medusa, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s Brazil is a state dominated by the forces of Christianity and fascism, where a group of young evangelicals function as a force of oppression, attacking any woman they consider “impure” or threatening in the face of the dogma they glorify. But not everything goes without resistance, even within this group of zealots, and Mariana, a young nursing student, begins to question everything she believes in.

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INFO

PREMIERE TYPE

National

ORIGINAL TITLE

Medusa

LANGUAGE

Portuguese (PT)

SCRIPT

Anita Rocha da Silveira

CAST

Mari Oliveira, Lara Tremouroux, Joana Medeiros, Felipe Frazão, Bruna G, Carol Romano, João Vithor Oliveira, Bruna Linzmeyer, Thiago Fragoso

PHOTOGRAPHY

João Atala

EDITING

Marilia Moraes

PRODUCER

Vania Catani

PRODUCTION

Bananeira Filmes, MyMama, Brisa Filmes, Telecine, Canal Brasil, Cajamanga

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