The director Walter Salles 68, responsible for “I’m still here “, Narrated and gave details about the recording of one of the scenes of the film on video for The New York Times. The video was published on Friday night (7).
Salles’s participation is part of the portal’s “Anatomy of a Scene”, which invites directors to tell the backstage and intentions behind some of the most emblematic or strong scenes of their films.
In the video, Salles tells details of the recording of the scene in which the military enter the Paiva family house to take the former deputy to interrogation.
“From there, the whole scene involves subtraction. Subtraction of light when the curtains are closed, subtraction of outside sounds, subtraction of music, ”said the director.
Salles also informs that he wanted to do only two close-ups in the movie and tells about the moment the camera focuses on Fernanda Torres at the time of farewell. “We used it for the last exchange of looks between Rubens and Eunice,” he said. “So we are with her. ‘I’m still here’ turns her movie. ”
Watch the video of Walter Salles detailing “I’m still here” scene in English:
In an interview with CNN Fernanda Torres had already detailed the method of subtraction chosen by the director to highlight the subtlety of Eunice Paiva’s feelings and strength in the feature.
What do I say “I’m still here” about?
Based on the book of the same name written by MARCELO RUBENS PAIVA the plot tells the story of the writer’s family when his father, the former deputy Rubens Paiva is taken during the military dictatorship. In the film adaptation, Selton Mello Live Paiva.
From that moment on, the struggle of Eunice Paiva (played by Fernanda Torres) begins in search of her husband’s whereabouts as she needs to remain strong for her children. The film then tells the trajectory of this mother who became one of the biggest symbols of struggle for family members of the missing during the regime, graduated lawyer and made a career as an advocate of the rights of indigenous communities in the country.
“I’m still here” received three nominations to Oscar 2025 which happens on March 2.
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