Directed by Walter Salles, the Brazilian film “I’m Still Here” was nominated for the Golden Globe award for best foreign language film. Actress Fernanda Torres was also nominated for best actress alongside Tilda Swinton, Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman.
“I’m Still Here” tells the story of the Paiva family – the mother, Eunice, and her five children – after the disappearance of Eunice’s husband, congressman Rubens Paiva, who was arrested, tortured and killed by the military dictatorship.
The film was chosen by the Brazilian Academy of Cinema to be the Brazilian choice for the 2025 Oscar nomination. The film was received with commotion by audiences and won awards at several international festivals, winning the prize for best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival.
The film is based on the biographical book by journalist Marcelo Rubens Paiva, the youngest son of Eunice and Rubens Paiva. Released in 2015, the book tells the story of his mother, a symbol of the fight against the dictatorship, who lived until 2018 and died at the age of 86 from Alzheimer’s.
Eunice Paiva raised her five children and became a human and indigenous rights lawyer after her husband’s arrest and disappearance in 1971, during the dictatorship, in Rio de Janeiro.
Source: Agência Brasil