I’m Still Here (2024)

I’m Still Here movie storyline. One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil’s newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give a “deposition” to authorities, and disappeared.

Adapted from his son Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, this overwhelming, richly realized political drama from Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) stays tightly wedded to the perspective of Rubens’s wife, Eunice (a shattering Fernanda Torres), whose indefatigable search for the truth about her husband would stretch out for decades.

A devastating true story, I’m Still Here is exhilarating in its portrayal of human tenacity in the face of injustice. Featuring a deeply affecting appearance from Fernanda Montenegro, Oscar nominee for Salles’s Central Station. A Sony Pictures Classics release.

I’m Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui) is a 2024 drama film directed Walter Salles from a screenplay written by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s 2015 book Ainda Estou Aqui. It stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva, a mother and activist searching for her missing husband, congressman Rubens Paiva, during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship.

The film had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim, with unanimous praise towards Torres’ performance, and it was awarded with the Golden Osella for Best Screenplay. It was selected as the Brazil entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

I’m Still Here (2024)

Ainda Estou Aqui