Elena (2012)

Documentarian and actress Petra Costa goes in search of her big sister Elena who – 20 years earlier – had left Brazil for New York with the dream of becoming a movie star.

"Petra follows in her big sister’s footsteps, searching the foggy city streets for a connection to her troubled sibling. She looks for traces of Elena everywhere. Not only are both women thespians, but they could be twins. On screen, Petra and Elena merge fluidly, like water, until one is the other. Acting is the ultimate act of submersion, a delicate process of losing and finding yourself in someone else..." (HotDocs Canada)

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