Elena

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Fabrícia B @Fabricia 09/22/2024 Uma tragédia familiar de dor e sofrimento que reflete na tristeza dos remanescentes que ficaram. Aqui a poesia e a história se unem para retratar o drama pessoal que atingiu a vida de Elena e que ainda afeta outras milhares de vitimas: a depressão. See more 12/04/2019 Gave this documentary a go since it had a great score on metascore and IMDB. Petra is searching for her older sister Elena in New York. They come from Brazil, but Elena moved when she was 20 to follow the dream of becoming an acress. Things does not go as planned and this is basically where I give up the film. It's not horrible. Kind of. It looks like a dream, floating and peaceful - nice music and cool archive footage. It get's too much. They talk, and talk, mostly about what used to be and how things turned out. It's simply too narrow. Kind of narcissistic, but also very sad. People that don't make it as actors or actresses are big in numbers so it's not that original. I may have missed out on a few points here, but I found it very hard to finish this film. 3 out of 10 mermaids. See more 01/26/2015 Elena is a fever dream of a film. The visuals barely paint a clear picture, like the remnants of a faded home video or a distant memory. The beauty of the home video elements mixed with the technique is haunting and hypnotic, and the narrative is fully engaging. I wish that this good balance between the unnerving story and dreamy tone didn’t give way in the last 15 minutes to puerile art-filming. Nonetheless, there is plenty to love for most of this sleeper doc. See more 06/04/2014 Beautiful, touching and incredibly well put together. See more 07/16/2013 "Elena" é belo, sincero e corajoso, uma poética homenagem a quem parece mesmo nunca ter ido embora. See more 05/27/2013 Só quem tem experimentado a sensação de imensa solidão numa cidade fria e hostil, chame-se esta Nova Iorque ou São Paulo, pode entender o que levou uma menina jovem e sensível como a Elena Andrade a cometer suicídio; esse fato marcou para sempre a vida da sua família e este documentário/catarse parece ser o jeito da sua irmã, Petra Costa, de tirar esse fardo fora. Um filme poderoso e uma edição impecável. See more Read all reviews

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