Petra Costa Movies

  • 2019
    The Edge of Democracy

    The Edge of Democracy

    The Edge of Democracy

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    A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in...

    The Edge of Democracy
  • 2020
    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

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    Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife,...

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
  • 2010
    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

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    What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most...

    Secrets of the Tribe
  • 2013
    Elena

    Elena

    Elena

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    Petra heads to New York in search of her older sister after a long time of being separated. They are both movie actresses and heirs of the wounds of...

    Elena
  • 2017
    Nobody's Watching

    Nobody's Watching

    Nobody's Watching

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    Nico is a famous actor in Argentina, but in New York, nobody takes notice. He needs to juggle bartending, babysitting and odd jobs to keep himself...

    Nobody's Watching
  • 2022
    Beba

    Beba

    Beba

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    A raw, poetic self-portrait in which young, NYC-born Afro-Latina Rebeca “Beba” Huntt stares down historical, societal, and generational...

    Beba
  • 2020
    The Edge of Theocracy

    The Edge of Theocracy

    The Edge of Theocracy

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    Jesus life and work goes through rumors, conspiracies, injuries, friendship and fanaticism. An emblematic figure of the 1st century, Jesus was a...

    The Edge of Theocracy
  • 2024
    Apocalypse in the Tropics

    Apocalypse in the Tropics

    Apocalypse in the Tropics

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    Investigates the increasingly powerful grip that faith leaders hold over politics in Brazil, one of the world's largest Christian nations.

    Apocalypse in the Tropics
  • 2015
    Olmo and the Seagull

    Olmo and the Seagull

    Olmo and the Seagull

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    'Olmo and the Seagull' is a poetic and existential dive into an actress's mind during the nine months of her pregnancy as she must confront her most...

    Olmo and the Seagull
  • 2011
    Undertow Eyes

    Undertow Eyes

    Undertow Eyes

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    Vera and Gabriel, an elderly couple, navigate through past and present, telling their own life story. Their remembering, rendered in images from...

    Undertow Eyes
  • 2017
    Life in Gray

    Life in Gray

    Life in Gray

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    A faux documentary about the ongoing social, political and economical crisis in Brazil, where the government cuts the colors of Rio de Janeiro,...

    Life in Gray
  • 2020
    Ecstasy

    Ecstasy

    Ecstasy

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    Racked with anxiety in the chaotic political landscape of 1990s Brazil, Clara finds solace in starving herself, experiencing both rapture and...

    Ecstasy