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Anesia

2001 · 72 min

A warm, unhurried conversation with a remarkable old woman, full of quiet wonder and gentle defiance.

Directed by
Ludmila Ferolla
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Anésia Pinheiro Machado, Marcela Rafea
Tagline
Join this fascinating flight through the time.
Overview
At the age of 93, shortly before her death, Anésia Pinheiro Machado takes the viewer on a journey through the 20th century, showing how she fell in love with aviation and the difficulties she had to manage to infiltrate a newborn environment and until then dominated by men. Anésia, in the interviews recorded for the film, recounts her experiences as one of the pioneers in aviation.

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Directed by
Ludmila Ferolla
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Anésia Pinheiro Machado, Marcela Rafea
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • ambition
  • aging
  • memory
  • exploration
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ludmila Ferolla
Written by
Ludmila Ferolla
Starring
Anésia Pinheiro Machado, Marcela Rafea
Runtime
72 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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