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A Disembodied Woman (À Margem do Corpo)
By: Anis
Posted: Sep 5 08
Witnessed: 4029 times
Regions: Brazil
Issues: Rape and sexual abuse, Violence against women
Tags: abortion, brazil, rape, Women's rights
The events portrayed in this film took place in a small town between 1996 and 1998. Deuseli was 19 years-old when she was brutally raped. She was not allowed to have an abortion and ended the first act of the narrative by disappearing from her hometown. Months later, she was the key player in another crime. This time, she was the murderer of her 11-month-old daughter. In a ritual, classified as satanic by some people and hysterical by others, Deuseli relived the rape scene and then drowned her daughter in a bathtub. Deuseli died months later of unknown causes. Recounting Deuseli’s rape, murder and death, lawyers, doctors and exorcists reveal the story of her life.
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