A Woman's Soul

Synopsis

A WOMAN'S SOUL" is a 48 minutes video documentary that unveils the world of Rio de Janeiro's transvestites - these mythological figures who have opt for sexual ambiguity. Caricatures of women who live in marginality. A Woman's Soul show that behind the stereotypes, exoticism and flamboyancy that involve the transvestites there are human beings with dreams, rights, ambitions and frustrations as everybody else.

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Credits

  • Script, Direction and Production: THEREZA JESSOUROUN
  • Camera: FRED RANGEL
  • Sound: ALUÍSIO COMPASSO
  • Editing: THEREZA JESSOUROUN, MAIR TAVARES AND SUELI NASCIMENTO
  • Music: TIM RESCALA
  • Aditional Camera: NONATO ESTRÊLA
  • Aditional Sound: PAULO RICARDO NUNES AND TUNINHO MURICY
  • Support: RIO DE JANEIRO'S TRANSVESTITES ASSOCIATION
  • Produced by: KINO FILMES
  • Co-Produced by: SOCIETTÁ AND PALMARES
  • Year of Production: 2000

Prizes and Festivals

  • "A Woman's Soul" Honourable Mention in XXV International Film and Video Festival of Salvador / 98 (Brazil);
  • Special Prize in VI MIX Brasil Festival /98 (Brazil);
  • Globosat/GNT's Prize for Language Innovation at VI International Ethnographic Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro/99.
  • Selected for the First Latin America INPUT/UNESCO Workshop (Jan/2000).
  • "A Woman's Soul" was broadcasted in Italy through Tele + and in Brazil trough Canal Brasil (Brazilian Cable Channel).

Partners

  • Afinal Filmes
  • Apsen
  • BNDES
  • Canal Brasil
  • CECIP
  • CTAV
  • Distribuição Criativa
  • Downtown Filmes
  • Fiocruz
  • Fiocruz Video
  • FSA
  • Governo do Estadod do RJ
  • ICICT
  • Link Digital
  • Meios e Mídia
  • Secretaria de Cultura
  • Synapse
  • TV Brasil
  • Urca Filmes

Kinofilmes Produções Artísticas e Cinematográficas LTD.

Rua Santo Amaro, 112 - Glória - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil - 22211-230

Tel: (+55 21) 99615-2905

e-mail: contato@kinofilmes.com