LOS ANGELES (AP) — “I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil its first Oscar win on Sunday in the ...
Though the words of the title most likely refer to the resilience of this Oscar-nominated film’s protagonist, Eunice Paiva (a wide-ranging, powerful portrayal by Fernanda Torres), they might as well ...
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 Salles – ...
Fernanda Torres, the very down-to-earth diva of the Brazilian screen, emerges on the terrace of a midcentury modern mansion in Beverly Hills. It’s a crisp and sunny Saturday morning in February.
If you came into I’m Still Here a few seconds late, or simply looked away from the screen during the title that identifies the time and place of its opening scenes, you’d have no idea you were looking ...
Last month, I saw the film I Am Still Here directed by Walter Salles, written by a dynamic trio including: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, and Marcelo Rubens Paiva (Son of Eunice and Rubens Paiva). I am ...
LOS ANGELES — “I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil its first Oscar win on Sunday in the ...