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Four Women (Quem são elas?)
By: Anis
Posted: Aug 19 08
Witnessed: 3998 times
Regions: Brazil
Issues: Independence of the judiciary, Reproductive rights, Violence against women
Tags: abortion, anencephaly, brazil, Supreme Court, womensrights
July, 2004. The Brazilian Supreme Court temporarily authorized pregnant women carrying anencephalic fetuses to interrupt their pregnancies (abortion is illegal in Brazil). During four months, dozens of women were free to choose, protected by the preliminary injunction of the Supreme Court. The film shows the story of four of these women during two years of their lives. Érica, Dulcinéia, Camila and Michele are singular women joined by the tragedy of an interrupted maternity. These women are the protagonists of their own lives and narrators of their choices in a touching film about their force and resignation in a precocious mourning.
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