Pictures of Ghosts

"Coming soon to a cinema near you"

2023 1h 33m PT

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 72

Documentary

Synopsis

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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.

“Coming soon to a cinema near you”

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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)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Writers: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Languages: Portuguese
Countries: Brazil

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, shot by Pedro Sotero. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tomaz Alves de Souza. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Matheus Farias shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Kleber Mendonça Filho and Rubens Santos and Sonia Braga carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Coming soon to a cinema near you".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt27502227 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kleber Mendonça Filho directs. Pedro Sotero behind the camera. Tomaz Alves de Souza scores. Matheus Farias cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, shot by Pedro Sotero. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Tomaz Alves de Souza. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Matheus Farias shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kleber Mendonça Filho and Rubens Santos and Sonia Braga carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Coming soon to a cinema near you".
7IMDB entry: tt27502227 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.