A film by Anita Rocha da Silveira
MEDUSA
(Brazil/ 2023/ 127 mins)
IN CINEMAS FROM 14TH JULY
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Starring Mari Oliveira, Lara Tremouroux
In writer-director Anita Rocha da Silveira’s genre-bending horror MEDUSA, 21-year-old Mariana is a member of a repressive patriarchal Christian sect. By day, she and her girlfriends cultivate the image of the perfect woman; at night, they don masks to become a brutal vigilante gang, mercilessly prowling the city for women they deem to be sinners. But when a confrontation goes violently wrong, deadly tensions emerge between Mariana and her pious sisters.
An electrifying assault on the senses, MEDUSA is a nightmarish psychological thriller inspired by the work of David Lynch and Dario Argento.
About Anita Rocha da Silveria
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Anita Rocha da Silveira has written, directed and edited three short-films: The Noon Vampire (2008), Handball (2010, FIPRESCI
Award at the Int. Short Film Festival Oberhausen), and The Living Dead (2012, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight). Her first feature Kill me Please (2015) was screened at the Orizzonti section at Venice International Film Festival, New Directors/New Films and SXSW, among others. MEDUSA is Anita’s second feature film.
Country: Brazil | Language: Portuguese | Subtitles: English | Soundtrack: Dolby Digital 5.1 | 16:9 | 2023 | 127 mins. approx.