An excerpt from an interview with Regina Duarte in which the actress praises Walter Salles’ film “I’m Still Here”, which addresses the crimes and the hardening of the military dictatorship established in 1964, went viral this Saturday (21).
“I saw a wonderful film, ‘I’m Still Here’. Fernandinha Torres… My God! It made me want to make movies, you know? What direction! What text! What a wonderful thing!”, commented Duarte in an interview with the Se Lig podcast last Monday (16).
The cut of the video, however, began to circulate more intensely on social media this weekend, and users recalled the actress’s interview with CNN in 2020, when the then head of the Special Secretariat for Culture of the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government minimized torture during the military dictatorship in Brazil, a central theme criticized in “I’m Still Here”.
“There was always torture, I don’t want to drag down a cemetery. But humanity doesn’t stop dying. If you talk about life, on one side there is death. Why look back?”, Regina Duarte told CNN in the live interview in May 2020.
When talking about the remake of “Vale Tudo” during the podcast interview, Regina expressed the desire for them to make a film based on the soap opera that starred on TV Globo in 1988, before praising “Still I’m Here”.
“I’m Still Here” is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, author of the best-seller “Feliz Ano Velho” (1982). The plot takes place in the 1970s, the most repressive period of the dictatorship, and follows the trajectory of the Paiva family, made up of Rubens (Selton Mello), Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and their children.
The family’s life is drastically changed when Rubens Paiva is kidnapped by undercover soldiers and disappears. Eunice, in search of answers about her husband’s whereabouts, needs to rebuild herself and find a new path for herself and her children.
The film has achieved great recognition. This week, it became the most nominated production of the year for the APCA Award, with five nominations, and advanced to the second phase of the Oscar race for Best International Film.
Directed by Walter Salles, “I’m Still Here” surpassed the 2 million viewer mark in less than a month of release and received a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Non-English Language Film, marking Brazil’s return to award after 20 years.
Fernanda Torres was also nominated for Best Actress, generating great repercussions online. Additionally, on December 12, the film received a Critics Choice Awards nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
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This content was originally published in Regina Duarte praises film about victims of the dictatorship: “What direction!” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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