Menarca

Apr 3, 2025

1h 20m

★ 0.0

Overview

Even at the age when changes in the body are expected, menstruation is still taboo for teenagers in Brazil. Mixing fiction and documentary, Menarca offers the space for a group of teenagers to talk about their cycles and how they affect menstruating bodies.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Lua de Maré Produções

Mulungu Realizações Culturais

Giro Planejamento Cultural

Menarca Trailers

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Cast

Self

Lara Simões

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Laís Bastos

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Laritza Peixoto

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Maní Grimaldi

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Sâmara Santos

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Lara Carvalho

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5.3

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0.0

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Short film about the menstrual cycle

0.0

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0.0

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No overview available.

4.8

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A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

7.4

Pad Man

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Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.

6.9

Ginger Snaps

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The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

6.2

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3.5

Molly Grows Up

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Molly anxiously awaits her first sign of menstruation, which means that she'll be able to date and go dancing. The school nurse explains exactly what menstruation is to her, by using diagrams.

7.0

Thank You, Eve

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A sophomore struggles to get passed embarrassment when she receives her menstrual cycle in front of her fellow students. Emotions run high, as growth chases her physically and mentally.

7.1

A Tale of Two Sisters

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Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

10.0

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0.0

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