Pictures of Ghosts (2023)

Original title

Retratos Fantasmas

Directed by

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Genre

documentary film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker revisits his hometown of Recife, Brazil by looking at old movie theaters he used to go to. He uses his own personal footage to remember places that are now closed and what they meant for Brazilian society.

nostalgicpersonalreflectivegentlemeditativemelancholicobservationalintimate

What happens

Pictures of Ghosts (Portuguese: Retratos Fantasmas) is a 2023 Brazilian documentary film essay written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. The film revisits Kleber's hometown, the Brazilian city of Recife, through the historical prism of the cinemas he once frequented, based on his own personal archival footage, remembering what used to be idyllic places, now closed, that constituted an important time-marker in the evolution of Brazilian society. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section, followed by screenings at the Main Slate section of the 2023 New York Film Festival, and at the Wavelengths section of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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