I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here | 2024 | 15 | Dir. Walter Salles | Brazil | IMDb 8.1 | Sub-titled | 137 mins 

Oscar Winner - Best International Feature Film 2025 

53 wins and 69 nominations in total.

One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give a "deposition" to authorities, and disappeared. Adapted from his son Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir, this overwhelming, richly realized political drama from Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) stays tightly wedded to the perspective of Rubens's wife, Eunice (a shattering Fernanda Torres), whose indefatigable search for the truth about her husband would stretch out for decades. A devastating true story, I'm Still Here is exhilarating in its portrayal of human tenacity in the face of injustice. Featuring a deeply affecting appearance from Fernanda Montenegro, Oscar nominee for Salles's Central Station. 

A true political story and a deeply moving melodrama. In 1971 Brazil, a former congressman is abruptly snatched by government officials from the warmth and chaos of family life. His wife, left to deal with the uncertainty of bringing up their five children, spends decades searching for answers, not knowing what has happened to her husband. Gripping and profoundly touching.

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