Abjuration
Naywá returns to her hometown of Oeiras, in the interior of Piauí, and proposes to a group of amateur actors a reading and performance of a 1758 document that narrates a Witches' Sabbath in the city. Arrenego is a film that addresses the persistence of colonial, racial, and gender oppression in Brazil, connecting the past with the contradictions of the present.
Cast: Naywá Moura, Beron Mendes, Yanna Pacheco
Abjuration
IN THE BLUR BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION WE CONJURE THE SPELL!
Naywá returns to her hometown of Oeiras, in the interior of Piauí, and proposes to a group of amateur actors a reading and performance of a 1758 document that narrates a Witches' Sabbath in the city. Arrenego is a film that addresses the persistence of colonial, racial, and gender oppression in Brazil, connecting the past with the contradictions of the present.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Fernando Weller
- Producers
- Luiz Barbosa, Carol Ferreira
- Studio
- Jaraguá Produções, Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de Pernambuco, Lei Paulo Gustavo e Ministério da Cultura/Governo Federal
Maturity rating
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