
All of Us Strangers(2023)
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.


“Coming soon to a cinema near you”
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.

Kleber Mendonça Filho
Self / Narrator

Rubens Santos
Driver

Sônia Braga
Self (archive footage)

Maeve Jinkings
Self (archive footage)

Lucrecia Martel
Self
Clara Pinheiro de Oliveira
Self
Severino Cavalcanti
Self (archive footage)
Nilo Coelho
Self - Governador de Pernambuco (archive footage)

Tony Curtis
Self (archive footage)
Joselice Jucá
Self (archive footage)
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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