Pictures of Ghosts
“Coming soon to a cinema near you”
2023•1h 33m•8.1•Released
Documentary
Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of the story.
Director
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Writer
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Languages
Portuguese
Studio
Vitrine Filmes
Cast
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Self / Narrator
Rubens Santos
Driver
Sonia Braga
Self (archive footage)
Maeve Jinkings
Self (archive footage)
Lucrecia Martel
Self
Clara Pinheiro de Oliveira
Self
Severino Cavalcanti
Self (archive footage)
Nilo Coelho
Self - Governador de Pernambuco (archive footage)
Tony Curtis
Self (archive footage)
Joselice Jucá
Self (archive footage)
Janet Leigh
Self (archive footage)
Alexandre Moura
Self (archive footage)
Matheus Nachtergaele
Self (archive footage)
Ariano Suassuna
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Vitrine Filmes
Company
CinemaScópio
Producer
Emilie Lesclaux
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