Imagens do Inconsciente (1988)

Directed by

Leon Hirszman

Genre

documentary film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

3h 23m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles patients in a Brazilian psychiatric institution who create art as part of their treatment. It shows their creative process and the images that emerge from their unconscious minds.

meditativeintrospectiveobservationalsubduedvisually starkseriouscerebral

What happens

Leon Hirszman (22 November 1937 – 15 September 1987) was a Brazilian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, and one of the main figures of Cinema Novo. A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), his work was marked by the influence of Marxist ideas, representation of the working class, and the political turmoil of Latin America during the military dictatorship in Brazil. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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