The Brazilian Movie “I’m still here” won the Oscar in the category of Best International Film and wins the first award statuette for Brazil .
Starring FERNANDA TORRES and Selton Mello, the feature Walter Salles He scored a return to the category after 26 Ansimos and won the best after the fifth nomination of best international film.
With the victory, the movie broke “Emilia Pérez” musical that leads the nominations this year, besides “The seed of the sacred fruit” (Germany) , “Flow” (Latvia), and “The needle girl” (Denmark) that also competed for the statuette.
Among the nominees, only “Emilia Pérez” and “Flow” had been recognized in other awards. However, some international vehicles were already betting on the victory of “I’m still here” in the category, such as the magazines Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
During the ceremony night, the national film still competes in two main categories: Best film and best actress, for the performance of Fernanda Torres.
Get to know the story of the movie
“I’m still here” is an adaptation of the book of the same name written by Marcelo Rubens Paiva. The story takes place in the 1970s, in the most intense period of the military dictatorship in Brazil, and accompanies the trajectory of the Paiva family, composed by Rubens (played by Selton Mello), Eunice (lived by Fernanda Torres) and her children.
Family life transforms completely when, on a fateful day, Rubens Paiva is taken by military personnel and disappears without leaving traces.
The cast also features Valentina Herszage (“they for them”), Maeve Jinkings (“toll”), Antonio Saboia (“private desert”), Olivia Torres (“continent”), Humberto Carrão (“Aquarius”), Dan Stulbach (“Passionate Women”), Charles Fricks (“Earth and Passion”), “Baby”) Horowicz (“Boca to Boca”), Daniel Dantas (“Pega Pega”) and more.
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