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My husband is in danger!
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.. Chosen by the Brazilian Academy of Cinema to compete for Best International Film at the 2025 Oscars.. Eunice Paiva: Martha, you gotta help me.
Martha: Everybody’s in danger, Eunice
Featured in Mais Você: Episode dated 3 December 2024 (2024). A Festa do Santo ReisWritten by Léo Maia (as Marcio Leonardo)Performed by Tim Maia. "I'm Still Here" is a movie about a time in which fear, censorship and torture prevailed in Brazil’s history, a time that must never come back.
Fernanda Torres performance is amazing, she really deserves all the nominations she’s going to get in the award season
However, director Walter Salles develops the theme in a delicate way, presenting us to a united and loving family which longs for the return of a missing father and husband. It’s possible to relate to Eunice’s pain in so many moments and also imagine how cruel the military dictatorship must have been. The movie has bittersweet moments and it builds a place where you feel close to that family, a place full of affection and tenderness.
Selton Mello also develops an outstanding performance as Rubens Paiva
The whole cast is superb and we also have the sublime Fernanda Montenegro as an older Eunice Paiva. The movie is technically beautiful, with a stunning representation of Rio de Janeiro in the 70’s. I think I speak for a lot of brazilians when I say that it would be so much meaningful if Brazil gets nominated to the Oscars with this one, but despite that, it’s definitely a must see, a recent masterpiece in brazilian cinema that raises awareness, delights and also might bring you to tears.