I'm Still Here
Directed by Walter Salles
A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
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- Kevin WardJuly 1, 2025Absolutely loved this. Fernanda Torres is incredible in the portrait of a woman powerfully holding her family together in the wake of her husband’s disappearance at the hands of the Brazilian military dictatorship. Shifting course, and persevering in order to provide for her family, giving them a life filled with joy, when underneath it all there’s still a deep yearning for some kind of acknowledgement as to the wrongs that have been committed. Fernanda Montenegro was 🤌🏼. Incredibly moving film. Highly recommend.
- The TickNovember 16, 2025Great movie. So good, in fact, that the Portuguese dialogue and English subtitles didn’t matter one bit. The storytelling was that strong. Every scene hit with emotion you could feel what the characters were going through without needing to understand every word. That’s rare. Beautifully acted, beautifully told. Simple, powerful, and quietly unforgettable.
- rg9400March 11, 2025I'm Still Here is a movie that builds in the background, hitting me without me even realizing how emotionally invested I had become. To be honest, I found the first 30 minutes of the movie pretty slow and dry. The focus on the idylic life of the Paiva family establishes the cost of what is to come, expertly juxtaposed against the brutality of the government in the shadows and its impact on their future. Home videos, group photos, and family dinners act as motifs, recontextualizing loss throughout. That slow shattering makes up the core of this movie, centered on a tour de force performance from Fernanda Torres that manages to capture the emotional weight building within Eunice with finesse, equally showcasing her strength and her vulnerability. In a lot of ways, it's a very well-made movie. However, even though it focuses on completely different people and a completely different country, the recent FX TV show Say Nothing does cover a similar topic, and I just found it stronger and more compelling. Without that comparison though, I'm Still Here is a great movie and an excellent Oscar nominee.
I'm Still Here Trivia
I'm Still Here was released on November 7, 2024.
I'm Still Here was directed by Walter Salles.
I'm Still Here has a runtime of 2h 18m.
I'm Still Here was produced by Maria Carlota Bruno, Walter Salles, Rodrigo Teixeira, Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre.
A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
The key characters in I'm Still Here are Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), Eunice Paiva (Older) (Fernanda Montenegro), Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello).
I'm Still Here is rated PG-13.
I'm Still Here is a Biography, Drama, History film.
I'm Still Here has an audience rating of 9.7 out of 10.
I'm Still Here had a budget of $8M.
I'm Still Here has made $36.4M at the box office.