The memories of the process of making of ELENA. The voices of Petra and members of the team (co-scriptwriter, editors, art director and consultant) telling about the construction of the film: the first inspirations, the beginning of the work, the transformation of the narrative and the transforma...

Transitions of Elena: from childhood to adolescence, from only child to Petra’s older sister, from dictatorship to democracy, and her time in the U.S. as an exchange student. VHS recordings of her family, Elena's diaries in K7 tapes and emotional testimonies by those who were part of Elena’s life...

Petra’s first memory of Elena. Images and sensations liquefying in a come and go of waves and feelings: the fear of the ocean, the protection of her sister, the storm, the lulling, the confronting, and the rite of Yemanja’s celebration – goddess of the sea in African mythology - celebrated on Bra...

Elena was born and spent her early years hiding during the Brazilian military dictatorship. The militant youth of her parents, facts of Brazilian history and memories of little Elena, who was playing, cooling off in the pool, climbing trees and seeking refuge underground with her parents.

Medley of recordings and Elena’s movements: her gestures , her dancing steps, her spins, her flips and bouncings, her swinging, her dance!

The mother's relationship with Elena: identification, estrangement, education, guilt, pain, love. The time that goes by in feelings that stay.

The father’s relationship with Elena: he unearths the longings and memories and also unearths the ashes of Elena, spreading them among the colorful flowers in a beautiful and bucolic landscape.

Elena did not give herself time to see where her career would go. The possibilities were left unfulfilled. An example of Elena’s pursuit of a career in the US: the record of Elena's interview at a New York casting agency that a friend kept for many years.

Elena’s professional defining moment. “Boi Voador” was the theater group in which Elena took part and where her career began to gain prominence. Archival footage and testimonies from members of the group – today’s renowned Brazilian artists - talking about Elena’s talent, determination, grace, be...

Petra plunges into herself and follows clues to search for Elena. In a diary by a Japanese man she finds one of the last sights of Elena: A princess? A mysterious woman? A hurried actress? A scared young lady? The friend writes in his diary about a trivial day he went to watch a movie with Elena,...

The dance is part of Elena, be it in her melancholic steps, or her stride towards a dance course in Hungary: radiantly hoping, bouncing, dancing as remembered by her friend and travel companion and images from a video found later.