Cyclone
- Released on
- Runtime
- 100 mins
Dayse, a Brazilian playwright known as Cyclone, wants to study in Paris. Having a career in theater is unthinkable for a woman in São Paulo in 1918. But her director doesn’t want her to go, as he would lose his mistress and ghostwriter. When she becomes pregnant by him, her dream starts to fade. An artist’s struggle for self-determination in a patriarchal society, based on the true story of Daisy Pontes and modernist Oswald de Andrade.
Dayse, a Brazilian playwright known as Cyclone, wants to study in Paris. Having a career in theater is unthinkable for a woman in São Paulo in 1918. But her director doesn’t want her to go, as he would lose his mistress and ghostwriter. When she becomes pregnant by him, her dream starts to fade. An artist’s struggle for self-determination in a patriarchal society, based on the true story of Daisy Pontes and modernist Oswald de Andrade.
Cast
- Luíza Mariani
- Eduardo Moscovis
- Karine Teles
- Luciana Paes
- Magali Biff
- Ricardo Teodoro
- Helena Albergaria
- Rogério Brito
Director
- Flávia Castro
Producers
- Eliane Ferreira
- Joana Mariani
- Luíza Mariani
