8º – Prozac Nation (Erik Skjoldbjærg, 2001)
The film addresses the life of a young woman who faces a serious depression in her early college, committing part of her day to day. ‘Prozac Nation’, despite being completely forgotten, debates the issue of ‘medicalization’ exacerbated in the social axis, with an inappropriate consumption of pharmaceutical drugs, questioning the connotation of the word suffering in our society.
7º – The Virgin Spring (Ingmar Bergman, 1960)
Focused on a Swedish province of the fourteenth century, the plot is separated into two strands, one showing the tragic fate of a naive young woman and the other bringing the consequences of the young woman’s fate into the lives of her family. Rustic in his decisions, causing psychological discomfort even today, the film is potent, raising the figure of the power of chance and also working with the concept of revenge intrinsic to the human being. Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece.
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