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“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 68GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.8
Running time
1 h 15 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −21 min on the typical 96
typical 9675Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 99 countries
+89Released
2019
January 27, 2019
7 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Portuguese
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicEnglishFrenchMade in
Brazil
Directing · 2
- Luiz Pretti Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- Clarissa Campolina Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
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