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    Elena

    Petra COSTA 2012 Brazil Documentary b/w & color 80min Spanish BD
    Elena, a young Brazilian woman, travels to New York to become a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding during military dictatorship. She also leaves Petra, her seven-yearold sister. Two decades later, Petra also becomes an actress and goes to New York in search of Elena. She only has a few clues about her: home movies, newspaper, a diary and letters. At any moment Petra hopes to find Elena walking in the streets in a silk blouse. Gradually, the features of the two sisters are confused; we can no longer tell one from the other. When Petra finally finds Elena, she
    has to learn to let her go. Elena is a film about the persistence of those memories, the irreversibility of that loss, and the impact the absence of her
    sister had on the seven-year-old girl. Petra calls her sister her "inconsolable memory." It's also a film about Brazil, about the military dictatorship's aftermath, and about the generation that grew up in the 1980s—the "lost decade".

    Director

    Petra COSTA

    She completed her undergraduate studies in Anthropology and Theater at Columbia University and Masters in Health, Community and Development at the London School of Economics. She intends to use intimate personal experiences as her raw material and project their poetry on the screen. She also has been working professionally as an actress since 15. Before Elena, she directed the short Olhos de Ressaca (Undertow Eyes), a poetic depiction of love and aging as seen from the perspective of her grandparents. It was shown in several international festivals. She earned an MA at the London Petra COSTA's first feature film Elena (2012), premiered at IDFA and won several prizes in festivals worldwide.

    Petra COSTA
    • 2015 Olmo and Seagull《榆樹與海鷗》
    • 2012 Elena《尋找依蓮娜》
    • 2009 Undertow Eyes

    Director & Producer/ Petra COSTA

    Screenplay/ Petra COSTA, Carolina ZIZKIND

    Cinematography/ Janice D'AVILA, Miguel VASSY, Will ETCHEBEHERE

    Editing/ Marilia MORAES, Tina BAZ

    Sound Design/ Olivier GOINARD, Guile MARTINS

    Executive Producers/ Julia BOCK, Daniela SANTOS

    Production Coordinator/ Vanessa ELIAS

    Post-Production/ Laura FUTURO

    Cast/ Elena ANDRADE, Li AN, Petra COSTA

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