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I'm Still Here

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• Drama
• Documentary

• 2024
• Walter Salles
• 138 mins
• 15

Summary

Biographical political drama starring Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello. Rio de Janeiro, 1971: some years into Brazil's military dictatorship, the Paiva family suffers a sudden trauma when parents Rubens and Eunice are arrested without warning or specific charge. When Eunice is released, with no official word of her husband's fate, she faces a difficult decision: pursue justice or keep her children safe?

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

James Mottram

Director Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries, On the Road) returns to his native Brazil for this elegant, Oscar-winning drama that blends the political and the personal. The true story, set in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1970s, follows the Paiva family - former congressman Rubens (Selton Mello), wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and their five children. With Brazil ruled by a military dictatorship, Rubens is arrested - with absolutely no information passed to the family as to his fate. Much of the focus is on Eunice, who herself suffers in this oppressed regime; the sublime Torres, an Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance, plays the character with real strength. Adapted from the book by Eunice's son Marcelo Rubens Paiva, this is subtly directed by Salles, who creates a fine film about resistance. Notably, I'm Still Here also offers a reunion with Fernanda Montenegro - Torres' real-life mother and star of Salles' 1998 Oscar nominee Central Station - who plays the older Eunice, in the film's poignant coda.

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rolenameEunice PaivaFernanda TorresRubens PaivaSelton MelloEunice PaivaFernanda MontenegroVerocaValentina HerszageElianaLuiza KosovskiVerocaMaria ManoellaElianaMarjorie EstianoNaiuBarbara LuzBabiuCora MoraNaiuGabriela Carneiro Da CunhaBabiuOlivia TorresMarceloGuilherme SilveiraMarceloAntonio Saboia

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rolenameDirectorWalter Salles

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Theatrical distributor

Altitude

Released on

2025-02-21

Languages

Portuguese | French

Guidance

Violence, swearing, drug abuse

Formats

Colour

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