Feminist Love Talks: Captive hearts

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The documentary follows the stories of women in freedom who date male inmates in the South of Brazil. Andrea chooses her wedding dress. Kamila prepares for her first conjugal visit to her boyfriend. Simone suffers with a companion addicted to crack. Eliane expects her lover, 22 years younger, to behave well. Malu was reunited with the father of her daughter ten years later, but does not have the right to live with him. Camila can’t live her pregnancy alongside her husband. Cida has suffered a serious disappointment with the man she was in love with. The film investigates how these marriages work, what they are able to build or destroy in their lives. Through emotional confidences, letters lovingly decorated and a privileged access to the intimacy of the couples, this universe of free women who remain captive outside in the name of love is revealed.

Feminist love talks is a curated program by Brazilian activist and sociologist Marilia Moschkovich. The program looks at the intersection of violence and love and questions traditional and normative relationship structures.

What is love? How do we learn love, and why is it sometimes so similar to violence and control? What is the relationship between domestic violence and romance? What can we learn from non-traditional relationship models in order to end gender violence in relationships?

These questions have been approached by the Brazilian sociologist Marilia Moschkovich as a German Chancellor Fellow, funded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, in partnership with the Berlin Feminist Film Week. These issues shaped this short film program, and will be discussed right after the screening together with Marilia Moschkovich.