Medusa (2021)
Country: BRA
Technical: col/2.35:1 132m
Director: Anita Rocha da Silveira
Cast: Mari Oliveira, Lara Tremouroux, Joana Medeiros
Synopsis:
Mariana belongs to a group of Christian fundamentalist vigilantes, cleaning up the streets of Sao Paulo and letting their church control every aspect of their lives. Then, in an attempt to clear up the disappearance of a notorious Jezebel, she takes a job in a coma sanatorium and her life changes.
Review:
A stark warning against the potential reaction to consumerism of the fundamentalist Right, or a reaffirmation of the primal urge minus all the internet crap? Da Silveira's camera is far too fond of gazing to chew on the issues it raises, along with a precarious lack of incident for a movie that runs over two hours. Mariana's liberation (signified by a scream) comes through her disfigurement and acceptance of imperfection. There is little dissection of her altruism towards the patients in the sanatorium, or her probable feelings of revulsion, coming as she does from the 'influencer' generation. What does come across is a Cronenbergian sense of impending horror and plenty of Argento-style lighting and floating plastic drapes. What gets forgotten is any explanation of the title, save for a few snake designs and a remark voiced by one of the characters about names beginning with 'M' signalling depravity.
Country: BRA
Technical: col/2.35:1 132m
Director: Anita Rocha da Silveira
Cast: Mari Oliveira, Lara Tremouroux, Joana Medeiros
Synopsis:
Mariana belongs to a group of Christian fundamentalist vigilantes, cleaning up the streets of Sao Paulo and letting their church control every aspect of their lives. Then, in an attempt to clear up the disappearance of a notorious Jezebel, she takes a job in a coma sanatorium and her life changes.
Review:
A stark warning against the potential reaction to consumerism of the fundamentalist Right, or a reaffirmation of the primal urge minus all the internet crap? Da Silveira's camera is far too fond of gazing to chew on the issues it raises, along with a precarious lack of incident for a movie that runs over two hours. Mariana's liberation (signified by a scream) comes through her disfigurement and acceptance of imperfection. There is little dissection of her altruism towards the patients in the sanatorium, or her probable feelings of revulsion, coming as she does from the 'influencer' generation. What does come across is a Cronenbergian sense of impending horror and plenty of Argento-style lighting and floating plastic drapes. What gets forgotten is any explanation of the title, save for a few snake designs and a remark voiced by one of the characters about names beginning with 'M' signalling depravity.
Country: BRA
Technical: col/2.35:1 132m
Director: Anita Rocha da Silveira
Cast: Mari Oliveira, Lara Tremouroux, Joana Medeiros
Synopsis:
Mariana belongs to a group of Christian fundamentalist vigilantes, cleaning up the streets of Sao Paulo and letting their church control every aspect of their lives. Then, in an attempt to clear up the disappearance of a notorious Jezebel, she takes a job in a coma sanatorium and her life changes.
Review:
A stark warning against the potential reaction to consumerism of the fundamentalist Right, or a reaffirmation of the primal urge minus all the internet crap? Da Silveira's camera is far too fond of gazing to chew on the issues it raises, along with a precarious lack of incident for a movie that runs over two hours. Mariana's liberation (signified by a scream) comes through her disfigurement and acceptance of imperfection. There is little dissection of her altruism towards the patients in the sanatorium, or her probable feelings of revulsion, coming as she does from the 'influencer' generation. What does come across is a Cronenbergian sense of impending horror and plenty of Argento-style lighting and floating plastic drapes. What gets forgotten is any explanation of the title, save for a few snake designs and a remark voiced by one of the characters about names beginning with 'M' signalling depravity.