I’M STILL HERE
Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. We are introduced to the Paivas: a father, Rubens, a mother, Eunice, and their five children. They live by the beach, in a rented house with open doors to friends. The affection and humor they share among themselves are their subtle forms of resistance to oppression that hang over the country. One day, they suffer a violent and arbitrary act that will forever change their lives. In the aftermath, Eunice is forced to reinvent herself and carve out a new future for herself and her children. The moving story of this family, based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, helped to reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.
Walter Salles is a Brazilian film director. His film Central Station (1998) received the Sundance Screenplay Award and won the Golden Bear and the award for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actress for Fernanda Montenegro. The film won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Film Not in The English Language. Salles’ The Motorcycle Diaries (2005), a biographical film about the 1952 journey of Ernesto “Che” Guevara and his friend, Alberto Granado, across South America, received two Oscar nominations and won the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language. Linha De Passe (2008), co-written and directed by Salles and Daniela Thomas, won the Palme d’Or for Best Actress for Sandra Corveloni at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, Salles received the Robert Bresson Award at the Venice Film Festival for his work. I’m Still Here premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
Venice International Film Festival – SIGNIS Award, Golden Osella for Best Screenplay, Green Drop Award
I’M STILL HERE (ff.)
Director: Walter Salles
Country: Brazil, France
Year: 2024.
Runtime: 135’
Language: Portuguese
Cast: Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro
Production: VideoFilmes, RT Features, MACT Films
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