Mar 3, 2025 · The Brazilian drama I'm Still Here has won the Academy Award for best international feature, a first for the South American country. The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro ...

Mar 3, 2025 · Walter Salles' film about a real family in the midst of Brazil's military dictatorship is pushing many to confront the country's dark past.

4 days ago · Get ready for an emotional Dica do Dia as we dive into 1970s Brazil with I’m Still Here (Ainda estou aqui), a film captivating audiences worldwide. This powerful movie brings to life the true story of Eunice and Rubens Paiva, a family whose love and courage endured the brutality of Brazil’s military dictatorship. Directed by Walter …

BRAZIL, 1971 - Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.

Feb 27, 2025 · Hundreds of soldiers arrive at rally organized by then President João Goulart in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 13, 1964. The rally was allegedly one of the reasons behind the 1964 coup de d ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Set in the 1970s and based on true events, “I’m Still Here” tells the story of the Paivas, an upper-class family in Rio de Janeiro shattered by the dictatorship. Rubens Paiva, a former leftist congressman, was taken into custody by …

Jan 15, 2025 · Filmmaker Walter Salles makes sure of that in “I’m Still Here.” He drops the audience into the warm everyday of the beautiful home of Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello), in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, where their five kids run freely between the beach and their living room.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil its first Oscar win on Sunday in ...

I'm Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui ; Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈĩdɐ isˈtow aˈki]) is a 2024 political biographical drama film directed by Walter Salles from a screenplay by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's 2015 memoir of the same name. It stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva, a …

Jan 17, 2025 · Drawing on a 2015 memoir by the couple’s son, the movie follows Eunice’s subsequent transformation into a lawyer, human rights activist, and symbol of resistance against Brazil’s dictatorship.