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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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