Pictures of Ghosts
Aug 24 2023
•2h 33m
•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.
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Kleber Mendonça Filho
Self / Narrator
Rubens Santos
Driver
Sônia Braga
Self
Maeve Jinkings
Self
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