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- Based on the real-life story of Reuben Paira, I’m Still Here takes a political and human rights story and imbues it with the very human themes of family, grief, survival, and above all, hope in the face of debilitating tragedy.
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1 day ago · I’m Still Here is Walter Salles’ most urgent, personal film to date. The combination of his direction, a powerful story, and a devastatingly gripping performance from Fernanda Torres make this one of the most profound films to come out of the New York Film Festival this year and is hopefully going to pop up in awards conversations leading up to the Academy Awards, particularly for the ...
Oct 11, 2024 · Based on the real-life story of Reuben Paira, I’m Still Here takes a political and human rights story and imbues it with the very human themes of family, grief, survival, and above...
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Oct 26, 2024 · Based on a true story, and the book by Paiva’s son Marcelo, Ainda Estou Aqui, the film is a bold one that takes no shortcuts to its emotional payoffs. The script is tightly written and I appreciated that Salles and the writers avoided showing torture and other gruesome moments Rubens must have experienced.
Oct 14, 2024 · This Brazilian drama I’m Still Here by Walter Salles is a compelling and emotive true story drawn from the memoirs of the best-selling book by Marcelo Ruben Paiva, whose family suffered great ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s 2015 memoir, the film traces the effects that the 1971 state-sanctioned kidnapping and murder of the author’s father, Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello), have on his immediate family, especially his beleaguered wife, Eunice (Fernanda Torres), who was partially unaware of Rubens’s political dissidence.
Oct 9, 2024 · Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, Ainda estou aqui, about his mother Eunice Paiva, the film reunites Salles with his Oscar-nominated Central Station star Fernanda Montenegro, one of Brazil’s most acclaimed actors, and her daughter Fernanda Torres. The true story follows a mother of five children who is forced to reinvent herself as an ...
Oct 7, 2024 · I’M STILL HERE is a riveting and heartfelt political drama directed by Walter Salles, telling the harrowing true story of the Paiva family’s suffering under Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and the lingering impact it had on their lives.
