May 05, 2026, 1:00 PM
|Quad Cinema
VIRGINIA E ADELAIDE
Virgínia was the first psychoanalyst graduated in Brazil and one of the first black university professors. Adelheid, a Jewish psychoanalyst fleeing Nazi Germany, sought refuge in Brazil. They met in São Paulo in 1937 as patient and analyst. Together, they revolutionized the field of psychoanalysis.
TIME & LOCATION
May 05, 2026, 1:00 PM
Quad Cinema, 34 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
ABOUT THE EVENT
VIRGINIA E ADELAIDE
Jorge Furtado, Yasmin Thayná
Brazil | Fiction | 2024 | 95 min
“Virgínia and Adelaide” tells the story of the encounter between two extraordinary women: the Brazilian Virgínia Bicudo and the German Adelaide Koch. Virgínia, a Black woman, was the first Brazilian psychoanalyst. Adelaide, a Jewish psychoanalyst, arrived in Brazil fleeing the Nazi regime. They met in November 1937, in São Paulo, as Getúlio Vargas was declaring the Estado Novo. Doctor and patient for five years, they later became colleagues and lifelong friends. Virgínia and Adelaide confronted racism and played an active role in consolidating and spreading psychoanalysis in Brazil, paving the way for new generations.
“Virgínia e Adelaide” cuenta la historia del encuentro entre dos mujeres extraordinarias: la brasileña Virgínia Bicudo y la alemana Adelaide Koch. Virgínia, mujer negra, fue la primera psicoanalista brasileña. Adelaide, psicoanalista judía, llegó a Brasil huyendo del régimen nazi. Se conocieron…