I finally got around to watching I'm Still Here, and it's a great movie deserving of its Oscar win, but something is bugging ...
The film should be shown in schools, so the youth can reflect about what’s at stake when a government is exercising terror.
Directed by Walter Salles, the heartbreaking I'm Still Here has been an unquestionable success, thanks almost entirely to the ...
In 1999, Montenegro’s performance in Central Station earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, making her the first Brazilian actress recognized in that ...
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.
The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and validated a political movement: “It’s hard to put into words just how big of a ...
When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy ...
I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, ...
One of the dark horses of the 2025 awards season, Walter Salles' "I'm Still Here" managed to claim the Oscar for best ...
In the early 1970s, the military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva family - Rubens, Eunice, and their five children - live in a beachside house in Rio, open to all their friends.
There is next to no chance that the Brazilian contender I’m Still Here will follow suit in nine days’ time. If anything, the bookies have understated the 100/1 price. But it is a very good film.
Some films based on dramatic true events offer us a snapshot of a life: I’m Still Here shows us a life of snapshots. In this pensive, poignant, richly realised new film from Brazil’s Walter ...