Abjuration

IN THE BLUR BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION WE CONJURE THE SPELL!

2025Documentary

Naywá returns to her hometown of Oeiras, in the interior of Piauí, and proposes to a group of amateur actors a reading and performance of a 1758 document that narrates a Witches' Sabbath in the city. Arrenego is a film that addresses the persistence of colonial, racial, and gender oppression in Brazil, connecting the past with the contradictions of the present.

Original titleArrenego

Release2025-12-03

Runtime75 min

StatusReleased

CountriesBrazil

Original languagePT

SpokenPortuguese

DirectorFernando Weller

WritersFernando Weller, Naywá Moura

ProductionJaraguá Produções, Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de Pernambuco, Lei Paulo Gustavo e Ministério da Cultura/Governo Federal

Popularity2

TMDB ID1570038