Ecstasy

Ecstasy

2020 · 75 min · ★ 6.7 · Documentary

Racked with anxiety in the chaotic political landscape of 1990s Brazil, Clara finds solace in starving herself, experiencing both rapture and torture. In this elliptical non-fiction film, anorexia becomes a way for Clara to challenge womanhood and find a place in an uncertain, surreal, and brutal world.

Directed by Moara Passoni · Written by David Barker

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