Direction: Petra Costa
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Petra Costa. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Elena
2012 · Documentary · 82 min. · Brazil
Direction Petra Costa
Cast Elena Andrade · Li An · Petra Costa
Plot Elena moves to New York with the dream of becoming a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding and she also leaves Petra, her seven year old...
7.2
177 votes
7.2
177 votes
Olmo & the Seagull
2014 · Documentary · 90 min. · Denmark
Direction Petra Costa · Lea Glob
Cast Olivia Corsini · Serge Nicolai · Pancho Garcia Aguirre · Shaghayegh Beheshti
Plot The documentary is a journey through the labyrinth of an actress's mind during the course of her pregnancy.
7.1
35 votes
7.1
35 votes
The Edge of Democracy
2019 · Documentary · 113 min. · Brazil
Direction Petra Costa
Cast Dilma Rousseff · Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva · Michel Temer · Eduardo Cunha
Plot Once a nation crippled by military dictatorship, Brazil found its democratic footing in 1985 and then, in 2002, elected a hugely popular political disrupter: steel-worker-turned-activist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva....
7.1
702 votes
7.1
702 votes
Olhos de Ressaca (S)
2009 · Documentary · 20 min. · Brazil
Direction Petra Costa
Cast Gabriel Andrade · Vera Andrade
Plot In Undertow Eyes, Vera and Gabriel, an elderly couple, navigate through past and present, telling their own life story. Their remembering, rendered in images from family archives that confound themselves...
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