I’m Still Here

Walter Salles makes a triumphant return with an emotionally layered, visually rich account of family life under an oppressive regime in 1970s Brazil.

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Credits

  • Director

    Walter Salles

  • Screenwriters

    Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega

  • With

    Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro

  • Brazil-France 2024. 137min

  • Courtesy of

    Altitude

  • Language

    Portuguese

    With English subtitles

Introduction

The Paiva family are shattered when Ernesto is abducted by the military junta and Eunice (renowned Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres) must lead their family and fight for justice. Salles’ adaptation of Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s 2015 memoir is a profoundly moving portrait of resistance – the intelligent and humane kind of cinema we have come to expect from the director of Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries.

Kristy Matheson

Content warning

Contains distressing scenes.

Festival guests

We are delighted to welcome Walter Salles present I’m Still Here at its premiere screening on Sunday 13 October. Read more about festival guests.  

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