Joana Dória
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Helena
Ana and Helen, two divorced women, were close friends as teenagers. Today, amidst the corona virus pandemic and in quarantine, they get in touch after 20 years via internet. Through video conference calls, memories, sensations and emotions reflourishes.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as A outra
Essay on love is, above all, an experimental film. A hybrid of fiction and documentary, it brings reality and fantasy to discuss that which is the most important thing for some, and the least important thing for others: Love. Love is actually in every place and human activity we look at: art, business, advertising, sports, entertaining, religion, education, politics, etc. What is this thing that is so present in our lives? Why we are so desperate in having, possessing, idealizing or despising love? Everyone talks about it. Creates songs about it. Declares themselves to be loving human beings... What do they mean with all of this? "Essay on love" gives you a glimpse on this subject. On how people relates themselves to the concept of love, and as a film, is an attempt to approach this wonderful thing that love is, through cinema.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Cora
On a night permeated by longing and sadness, Cora is taken on a mysterious journey, where diving into her pain may offer a chance for renewal.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Paula
Amidst the covid-19 quarantine, a young woman makes video calls with 3 different woman under suspicious pretexts - but something bigger connects them.