Should you watch Elena?
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Elena
Documentary · 2013
A Brazilian actress travels to New York in search of her long-lost sister, piecing together fragments of the past while confronting the lasting scars of the Brazilian dictatorship.
The sides of Elena
- A filmmaker following her older sister's path
- Home videos and diaries from the past
- New York streets seen like a dream
Elena is good for you if…
- you like a film that lets grief speak softly.
- you are moved by two sisters bound across years and absence.
- you like images that drift like memories.
Elena is bad for you if…
- you can't take a film about losing a sister.
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Portuguese.
About: sisterhood · grief · memory
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