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Pictures of Ghosts

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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.

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Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times Armed with abundant archival material... also supported by dramatizations and scripted scenes, Kleber Mendonça Filho recovers essential moments from his artistic training and the development of his craft in Pictures of Ghosts. [Full review in Spanish] Feb 20, 2024 Full Review Dmitry Samarov Chicago Reader It’s like celestial time travel while rarely leaving one’s childhood block. Jan 26, 2024 Full Review Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com A lovely, enveloping film. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 26, 2024 Full Review Mattie Lucas trans|cendental cinema Filho deftly blends truth and artifice, documentary and magical realism, to create something uniquely beautiful. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 13, 2024 Full Review Matías Mora Montero EscribiendoCine Pictures of Ghosts captures the essence of Recife and its ghosts, transforming the personal into the universal and demonstrating the power of cinema to immortalize both the living and the dead. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Jun 17, 2024 Full Review Manuela Lazic WeLoveCinema Pictures of Ghosts is the best of what cinema can offer – at once grounded in lived experience and whimsical in just the right doses, with a final flight of fancy that makes reality, once again, beautifully cinematic. Rated: 5/5 Jun 13, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis 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
Producer
Emilie Lesclaux
Screenwriter
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Production Co
Ancine, Vitrine Filmes, CinemaScópio Produções
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Runtime
1h 33m