The new film by Walter Salles titled “I’m Still Here” was shown at the Venice Film Festival last Sunday (1st). The production received a 10-minute standing ovation and the international press echoed the title, calling it a “powerful story”, “moving” and “loving”.
The plot is inspired by the book of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva which tells the story of her family. Set in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, the film introduces the Paiva family: the father, Rubens, the mother, Eunice, and their five children. One day they suffer a violent and arbitrary act that will change the course of their lives forever. Eunice is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new destiny for herself and her children.
The title stars Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello and features special participation by Fernanda Montenegro . The production marks the third partnership between Salles and Torres, who were together in “Foreign Land” (1995) and “The First Day” (1998), and Montenegro’s reunion with the director, with whom he worked on the award-winning “Central Brazil“ (1998).
See below what the international press said about “I’m Still Here”
- The Guardian
According to the British newspaper, the film is about a “loving family that must overcome the horror of the military regime in Brazil” and defined it as “a dark and sincere drama about the nation’s missing people”.
- The Hollywood Reporter
One of the largest publications on the entertainment industry has called Walter Salles’ film a “powerful story of the resilience of a broken family.” The review also highlighted Fernanda Torres’ performance, calling her a “model of eloquent restraint,” and stated that it is one of Salles’ best works.
- Variety
“A deeply moving portrait of the sensory memory of a family – and a nation – broken,” was how one of the leading magazines in the film industry defined “I’m Still Here.” According to the publication, the heartbreaking story is told with “beauty and dignity” through the eyes of the wife and children who lived through it.
- Deadline
For the American portal focused on the entertainment industry, “I’m Still Here” is a love letter from Walter Salles to Brazil. Deadline said that Fernanda Torres’ performance should “catapulting her into the awards race, 25 years after her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was nominated for an Oscar.”
- Indie Wire
The film website classified “Still Here” as a “lovely biopic.” The website also highlighted Torres’ performance and said that she has one of the best filmographies in South America.
This content was originally published in “I’m Still Here”: see the film’s repercussion in the international press on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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