Sexo e Claustro
Maria Del Pilar lives in Mexico. A lesbian, she used to be a nun and once lived in convent. Nowadays she is involved in a number of political activities and is a human rights activist. However, these aspects of Maria’s life are not the focus of this film so much as her feelings and private opinions. A film about the conflict between sexuality and religion, body and soul.
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Runtime
13 min -
Country
Brazil -
Year of Presentation
2006 -
Year of Production
2005 -
Director
Claudia Priscilla -
Cast
Maria del Pilar -
Production Company
Paleo TV -
Berlinale Section
Panorama -
Berlinale Category
Short Film
Biography Claudia Priscilla
Claudia Priscila has directed several award-winning feature films such as Bixa Travesty (2018, co-directed with Kiko Goifman), A Destruição de Bernardet (The Destruction of Bernardet, 2016), co-directed with Pedro Marques; Leite e Ferro (Iron and Milk, 2010); and Olhe Pra Mim de Novo (Look at Me Again, 2011), co-directed with Kiko Goifman.
Among her short films are Vestido de Laerte (Leg’s Out, 2012), co-directed with Pedro Marques, awarded as Best Short and Best Art Design at Brasilia Film Festival 2012; Phedra (2008); and Sexo e Claustro (Sex and Cloister, 2005), awarded by the ABD (Brazilian Association of Documentarians) at São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2005 and part of Panorama’s Official Selection at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival. She has also produced the films 33, Morte Densa (Dense Death) and Atos dos Homens (Acts of Men), directed by Kiko Goifman and exhibited at festivals in Locarno, Rotterdam, and Berlin among other.