8.9/10 (IMDB)

I'm Still Here

2h 17m Biography | Drama

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I'm Still Here

BRAZIL, 1971 - Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.

The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.

Director

Walter Salles

Cast

Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Marjorie Estiano

Rating

PG-13

Year

2025

Country

Brazil, France

Language

Portuguese


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Reviews

  • "Salles’ deeply invested filmmaking is remarkable in its grace and naturalism."
    - Variety
  • "Salles never over-labours the film’s emotional beats, relying instead on Torres’ magnificent, intricately layered performance to drive the picture."
    - Screen Daily
  • "I’M STILL HERE takes you right into the machinery of a repressive regime, showing just enough of its dank jail cells and casual cruelties without overwhelming its deeper story of loss."
    - Time Out
  • "Resistance takes the form of lives well lived. In every laugh shared, in every new memory made and family photo taken, this clan honors those no longer physically present."
    - Los Angeles Times
  • "To say that Torres digs into the role of Eunice Paiva, who spent a good deal of her life trying to demand accountability for her husband’s disappearance, would be an understatement."
    - Rolling Stone
  • "Heartrending yet never maudlin, I'M STILL HERE is a humanist drama that, in shining a light on insidious injustice, becomes a balm to warn and warm its audiences in equal measure."
    - AV Club
  • "I’M STILL HERE is a gripping, profoundly touching film with a deep well of pathos. It’s one of Salles’ best."
    - The Hollywood Reporter
  • "Torres’s performance here is a marvel of expressive restraint, every glance merging horrified disbelief and meticulous self-control."
    - The New Yorker

Awards

  • Oscar nomenee
  • Golden Globes
  • Venice Film Festival
  • Satellite Awards
  • Miami Film Festival
  • Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival
  • Philladelphia Int'l Film Festival
  • Vancouver Int'l Film Festival
  • Mill Valley Film Festival
  • Pingyao Int'l Film Festival
  • Festival Int-l du Film d'Histoire de Pessac

Festivals

  • Toronto Int'l Film Festival
  • San Sebastián Int'l Film Festival
  • Hawai'i Int'l Film Festival
  • Athens Int'l Film Festival
  • Chicago Int'l Film festival
  • Int'l Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Zurich Film Festival
  • Mill Valley Film Festival
  • BFI London Film Festival
  • Monclair Film Festival
  • Miami Film Festival GEMS
  • and more...