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Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.. Fernanda Montenegro and Walter Salles first collaboration 26 years since the release of Glavni kolodvor (1998), where Montenegro was nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars.
Referenced in Close-Up: Why do We Need the Venice Film Festival?
Fernanda Torres and Salles previously collaborated on Terra Estrangeira (1995), 29 years before this movie.. (2024).
A Festa do Santo ReisWritten by Léo Maia (as Marcio Leonardo)Performed by Tim Maia
Brazilian film with the greatest international repercussion in recent years, winner of the best screenplay award at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar, I'm Still Here dramatizes the trajectory of the Paiva family between the arrest of Rubens Paiva, the father, and Eunice's struggle after her husband's disappearance. Walter Salles immerses the viewer in the intimacy of this family and makes them an accomplice, making them care about the fate of each one, creating three-dimensional, real, believable characters.
Fernanda Torres plays the role of her life, almost a Greek heroine marked by tragedy, with subtlety, without ever falling into excess or caricature
Detailed scenography, lean script, natural interpretations, hand-picked soundtrack, precise editing, everything contributes to the director being able to convey exactly what he set out to do. As I knew the story, I had read the book on which the film is based, in addition to reports about it, my attention focused on the cinematographic solutions used by the director.
He manages to turn this particular story into something universal, capable of communicating with audiences anywhere in the world
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