Medusa

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Medusa

2022,

2h 9m,

Horror/

Fantasy/

Mystery & Thriller/

Drama

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Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured façade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her view of community, religion, and her peers begin to shift. Nightmares of repressed desires and haunting visions of alluring temptation become undeniable and the urge to scream and release her paralyzing inner demons is more powerful than ever before. A neon-tinged genre-bender that gives provocative form to the overwhelming feminine fury coursing through modern life, MEDUSA dares us not to look away.

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Critics Consensus

A stylish and well-acted tonal blend, Medusa confronts religious hypocrisy and sexism with invigorating anger.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Jul 16, 2023

4/5

A genre film with something to say, and a unique voice with which to say it.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Jul 14, 2023

2/5

... The satire becomes entirely toothless and badly muddled by magic realism, and the writer-director Anita Rocha da Silveira’s initial target — Brazil’s far-right movement — drifts into the distance.

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Marina Ashioti

Little White Lies

Jul 12, 2023

3/5

Albeit lacking in subtlety, this is a stylish film that revels in its ardent political commentary.

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Anya Couture

Geek Vibes Nation

Jul 26, 2025

9.5/10

Anita Rocha da Silveira’s second feature film Medusa is a brutal masterwork that uniquely uses genre pastiche, tying the titular Gorgon’s mythos into its aesthetic in an impressive way.

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Hector A. Gonzalez

The Movie Buff

Sep 8, 2024

C+

Anita Rocha da Silveira’s “Medusa” does brim with social commentary and reverence of several important topics and transgressions; its best moments are the fine-drawn subtle moments, albeit the last act doesn’t have significant motion.

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

Aug 13, 2024

4/5

Religious fanaticism and oppressive masculinity hang heavy over Anita Rocha da Silveira’s visually resplendent and thematically compelling Medusa.

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Mari

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Synopsis

Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured façade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her view of community, religion, and her peers begin to shift. Nightmares of repressed desires and haunting visions of alluring temptation become undeniable and the urge to scream and release her paralyzing inner demons is more powerful than ever before. A neon-tinged genre-bender that gives provocative form to the overwhelming feminine fury coursing through modern life, MEDUSA dares us not to look away.

Director: Anita Rocha da Silveira
Producer: Mayra Auad, Vânia Catani
Screenwriter: Anita Rocha da Silveira
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: MyMama Entertainment, Canal Brasil, Bananeira Filmes, Peccadillo Pictures, Telecine, Vitrine Filmes
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.2K
Runtime: 2h 9m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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