FilmMarch 19, 2026Denise Zmekhol
Skin of Glass
A poetic and personal cinematic meditation on displacement and loss, SKIN OF GLASS follows filmmaker Denise Zmekhol’s journey after discovering that her late father's most celebrated work as an architect, a modernist glass skyscraper in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless families.
About the movie
A poetic and personal cinematic meditation on displacement and loss, SKIN OF GLASS follows filmmaker Denise Zmekhol’s journey after discovering that her late father's most celebrated work as an architect, a modernist glass skyscraper in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless families.
ReleasedMarch 19, 2026
DirectorDenise Zmekhol
Runtime1h 30m
CastDenise ZmekholEduardo SuplicyPaulo Mendes da RochaGuilherme Wisnik
ProductionZDFILMS
GenresDocumentary
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