Brazil,
2021, 127 min
(Alternative: 123 min)
Directed by:
Anita Rocha da SilveiraScreenplay:
Anita Rocha da SilveiraCinematography:
João AtalaPlots(1)
In writer-director Anita Rocha de 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. (Peccadillo Pictures)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2021 - Anita Rocha da Silveira (Best Latin American Film)
Sitges Film Festival
- 2021 - Anita Rocha da Silveira (Noves Visions: Best Direction)
Miami Film Festival
- 2022 - Anita Rocha da Silveira (Knight Marimbas Award)