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When I Was Alive (2014)

When I Was Alive poster
Original title
Quando Eu Era Vivo
Directed by
Marco Dutra
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
12
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man moves into a rundown apartment with his father after a personal crisis. He begins to experience strange events and memories that blur the line between reality and the supernatural.

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What happens

Quando Eu Era Vivo (When I Was Alive) is a 2014 Brazilian horror drama thriller film directed by Marco Dutra, based on the novel A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa by Lourenço Mutarelli. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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