Ecstasy

Ecstasy

75 mins | Documentary | March 21, 2020

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.

Ecstasy

75 mins | Documentary | March 21, 2020

Ecstasy
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.
Producers
Original title Êxtase
Directors Moara Passoni
Writers Moara Passoni, David Barker, Fernando Epstein

Cast