ELENA

This looks so interesting! Brought to us by Tim Robbins and Fernando Meirelles is the story of Elena who pursued her dreams of acting and fame in New York city and....vanished.

Synopsis:

Elena, a young Brazilian woman, moves to New York with the same dream as her mother: to become a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding during the years of the military dictatorship. She also leaves Petra, her seven-year-old sister. The calls and letters trail off, until one day they stop entirely. Two decades later, Petra also becomes an actress and heads to New York. At first in search of her destiny, but increasingly, in search of Elena, Petra has only a few clues: home movies, newspaper clippings, a diary and some letters. Despite the long odds, at any moment, Petra hopes to find Elena walking in the streets.

Gradually, the features of the two sisters are confused; we no longer know one from the other. When Petra finally finds Elena in an unexpected place, she has to learn to let her go. ELENA is a film about the persistence of those memories, the irreversibly of that loss, and the impact the absence of her sister had on the seven-year-old girl.

From executive producers Tim Robbins and Fernando Meirelles, one of the most successful documentaries of all time in Brazil now comes to America. Intimate in style, ELENA delves into the abyss of one family's drama, revealing at once the inspiration that can be born from tragedy.