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 the Brazilian dictatorship. But Petra has only a few clues: home movies, newspaper clippings, a diary...
Elena is of 1 hour(s) and 22 minute(s). It is Produced By: JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Wide House. It was released on 2013-04-11. It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
Genres: DocumentaryDrama
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