Medusa

Anita Rocha da Silveira
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Neighboring Scenes 2022

February 24 - 28, 2022

Set against the darkness of night and the glow of neon lights, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s visionary follow-up to Kill Me Please (ND/NF, 2015) reinterprets the myth of Medusa in a conservative, misogynistic, Bolsonarist Brazil.

DIRECTOR
Anita Rocha da Silveira
YEAR
2021
COUNTRY
Brazil
RUNTIME
127 minutes
LANGUAGE
Portuguese with English subtitles
START DATE
February 25, 2022

During the day a clique of female teenagers dedicate themselves to prayer, choreography, singing, and recording videos for social networks. At night, wearing white masks, they hunt down sinful women and punish them by cutting their faces, a mark of eternal damnation. Set against the darkness of night and the glow of neon lights, Anita Rocha da Silveira’s visionary follow-up to Kill Me Please (ND/NF, 2015) reinterprets the myth of Medusa in a conservative, misogynistic, Bolsonarist Brazil. A selection of the Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight in 2021. A Music Box Films release.

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