I'm Still Here (2024)

PG-1309/19/2024Drama, History2h 17m
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When a mother's courage defies tyranny, hope is reborn.

Overview

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. One day, Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Fernanda Torres

    Eunice Paiva

  2. Cast 1

    Selton Mello

    Rubens Paiva

  3. Cast 1

    Fernanda Montenegro

    Older Eunice Paiva

  4. Cast 1

    Valentina Herszage

    Vera Paiva

  5. Cast 1

    Luiza Kozovski

    Eliana Paiva

  6. Guilherme Silveira

    Marcelo Rubens Paiva

  7. Cast 1

    Bárbara Luz

    Ana Lúcia "Nalu" Paiva

  8. Cast 1

    Pri Helena

    Zezé

  9. Cora Ramalho

    Babiu Paiva

Films featuring dark political themes are an acquired taste for many moviegoers, but, when they tell personal stories within such a context, they generally become more accessible for audience members, even those who might not ordinarily gravitate to pictures in this genre. That’s a goal expertly accomplished in the latest from director Walter Salles. This superb fact-based offering tells the heart-wrenching story of former Brazilian politician Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) who, in 1971, was seized by, and subsequently disappeared at the hands of, the military dictatorship that overran in the cou...