ELENA
Sat. July 12, 2014, 8:30pm
Sun. July 13, 2014, 4:30pm
Wed. July 16, 2014, 8:30pm
Thu. July 17, 2014, 6:30pm
Brazil, 2014, DCP, 82 min.
DIRECTOR: Petra Costa
English and Portugese with English subtitles | Classification: 19+
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This dreamy, lyrical work is both a love letter and a suicide note, a tone poem created by Brazilian fillmmaker Petra Costa in mourning for her older sister Elena, an actress and dancer who moved to New York in search of a stardom that eluded her – despite the radiant fragments collated here.
With its free-floating imagery, Elena unfolds like a cinematic dream whose central image is water, which symbolizes the washing away of grief.” —Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Filmmaking at its finest. Stunningly beautiful, achingly emotional … A mesmerizing, artful and emotional piece of filmmaking that consistently surprises and awes” —The Playlist/IndieWire