Apr 11, 2013
82 min
Full-HD

Elena (2013)

Petra heads to New York in search of her older sister after a long time of being separated. They are both movie actresses and heirs of the wounds of the Brazilian dictatorship. But Petra has only a few clues: home movies, newspaper clippings, a diary...

Category

Documentary Drama

Country

United States of America Brazil

Companies

JustFilms / Ford Foundation Tribeca Film Institute Wide House

Li An

Self

Elena Andrade

Self (archive footage)

Petra Costa

Self

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