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Pictures of Ghosts

Pictures of Ghosts

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20238.11h 33m

Overview

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Written by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Produced by Emilie Lesclaux
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Top Cast

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Self / Narrator

Rubens Santos

Rubens Santos

Driver

Sônia Braga

Sônia Braga

Self (archive footage)

Maeve Jinkings

Maeve Jinkings

Self (archive footage)

Lucrecia Martel

Lucrecia Martel

Self

C

Clara Pinheiro de Oliveira

Self

S

Severino Cavalcanti

Self (archive footage)

N

Nilo Coelho

Self - Governador de Pernambuco (archive footage)

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Self (archive footage)

J

Joselice Jucá

Self (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

memorymovie theaterlove for cinema

About Pictures of Ghosts

Pictures of Ghosts is a documentary film released in 2023 exploring themes of memory, movie theater, love for cinema. Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, it stars Kleber Mendonça Filho, Rubens Santos, Sônia Braga. Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.

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