The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship.

“I’m Still Here” won in a category that included France’s entry, the Spanish-language musical “Emilia Pérez,” which was once ...

Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here scooped the Best International Feature Film Oscar, marking the first time that an entry from ...

Brazilian movie "I'm Still Here", set against the backdrop of the military dictatorship and recounting the true story of a ...

I'm Still Here is based on a memoir, Ainda Estou Aqu (meaning I'm still here), by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Eunice Paiva's son, who began writing it while his mother was going through Alzheimer's disease.

But the familial connections don't stop there. In I'm Still Here, Torres plays Eunice Paiva, the real-life wife to progressive Brazilian politician Rubens Paiva, who was kidnapped and murdered by ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “I’m Still Here,” a Brazilian film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled ...

I’m Still Here (now streaming on VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) is one of the best movies I’ve seen in months, maybe ...

Two visions of the trauma of disappeared people in Latin America had a central role at Sunday’s Academy Awards ...

Most people worry about making sure their kids get into good schools.” Under “ competitive authoritarianism ,” as defined by ...

Left behind to pick up the pieces, his wife Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres) — the film’s true protagonist — would later become an influential human rights activist. In 1971, engineer and ...

Eliana was sent home after a day, but Eunice was detained for 12 days, forced to repeat the interrogation again and again. In a 2024 interview about his family’s ordeal, Marcelo Rubens Paiva ...