Virgínia and Adelaide

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Virgínia and Adelaide

Virgínia e Adelaide

Brazil 2024 Fiction cor 96 min.

The story of the meeting of two extraordinary women: Brazilian Virgínia Bicudo and German Adelaide Koch. Virgínia, a black woman, was the first Brazilian psychoanalyst. Adelaide, a Jewish psychoanalyst, came to Brazil to escape the Nazi regime in Germany. They met in November 1937 in São Paulo, at the exact moment that Getúlio Vargas decreed the Estado Novo, becoming a dictator. Doctor and patient for five years, colleagues and friends for life, two women who faced racism and actively participated in the founding of psychoanalysis in Brazil.

This film has accessibility features.

Brazil female directors biopic racism politics

direction

Jorge Furtado, Yasmin Thayná

screenplay

Jorge Furtado (com colaboração de Yasmin Thayná)

cinematography

Lívia Pasqual

editing

Giba Assis Brasil, Jonatas Rubert

sound design

Kiko Ferraz, Ricardo Costa

music

Maurício Nader

art direction

Vanessa Rodrigues, Richard Tavares

cast

Gabriela Correa, Sophie Charlotte

production

Nora Goulart

produced by

Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre

co-produced by

Globo Filmes, GloboNews

distribution

H2O Films

indicative rating

12