
Film
Pictures of Ghosts
2023 · 1h 33m · Documentary
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Overview
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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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)
Crew
- Kleber Mendonça FilhoWriter · Director
- Emilie LesclauxProducer
- Dora AmorimExecutive Producer
- Pedro SoteroDirector of Photography
- Tomaz Alves de SouzaOriginal Music Composer
- Matheus FariasEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 24, 2023
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Documentary
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