Underplayed Gems

Joelma 23º Andar (1979)

Joelma 23º Andar poster
Directed by
Clery Cunha
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This docudrama is based on letters that were supposedly written by spirits of people who died in a real 1974 high-rise fire in Sao Paulo. It focuses on the stories of two young people who were victims of that fire.

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What happens

Joelma 23º Andar is a 1980 Brazilian docudrama film directed by Clery Cunha, written by Dulce Santucci, and starring Beth Goulart. The film is based on the work Somos Seis by Chico Xavier, which consists of six stories derived from psychographed letters. Two of the letters are purportedly from young victims of the Joelma Building fire, which took place in São Paulo on February 1, 1974. It is considered Brazil's first spiritist-themed film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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