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Summary
A Brazilian actress travels to New York in search of her long-lost sister, piecing together fragments of the past while confronting the lasting scars of the Brazilian dictatorship.
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- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)
Critics 81Audiences 74GoodWatch 78
Tomatometer81%
Metascore81
Audience score76%
IMDb7.5
User score7.2
Running time
1 h 22 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −14 min on the typical 96
typical 9682Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 53 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
+43Released
2013
April 11, 2013
13 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryDramaLanguage
Portuguese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- United States
Brazil
Directing · 1
- Petra Costa Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Carolina Ziskind Writer
Production · 2
- Julia Bock Executive Producer
- Tim Robbins Co-Executive Producer
Camera · 3
- Miguel Vassy Director of Photography
- Janice D'Avila Director of Photography
- Will Etchebehere Director of Photography
Editing · 3
- Marilia Moraes Editor
- Tina Baz Editor
- Idê Lacreta Editor
Sound · 1
- Maggie Clifford Music
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