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Elena

2013
  • Documentary,
  • Portuguese,
  • 80 Minutes,
  • United States/Brazil
    • Director: Petra Costa
    • Producers: Petra Costa and David Senigo
    • Screenwriters: Petra Costa and Carolina Ziskind
    • Starring: Elena Andrade, Li An and Petra Costa

    Elena, a young Brazilian woman, travels to New York with the same dream as her mother, to become a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding during the years of the military dictatorship. She also leaves Petra, her seven-year-old sister.
    Two decades later, Petra also becomes an actress and goes to NY in search of Elena. She only has a few clues about her: home movies, newspaper clippings, a diary and letters. At any moment Petra hopes to find Elena walking in the streets in a silk blouse. Gradually, the features of the two sisters are confused; we no longer know one from the other.