Divinely Evil (2021)
Divinely Evil
”A 70-year-old writer of sadomasochistic literature recounts her sexually explicit life story.”
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"Vil, Má" is a national documentary that tells the story of Wilma Azevedo, a writer of sadomasochistic literature and erotic stories. Now 70 years old, she narrates her turbulent life of sexually explicit experiences, shifting between a pseudonym and herself. The documentary takes an extremely intimate approach with its narrator, seeking a more personal analysis from the viewer instead of a judgment of values. She recounts sexual experiences ranging from surprising to bizarre, attempting to break taboos and conventions of narratives.
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In a salmon-colored living room, a seventy-year-old sadomasochistic literature writer narrates her turbulent sexually explicit life story, once as a pseudonym and once as herself.
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