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A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is destroyed by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of the military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971. Chosen by the Brazilian Cinema Academy to participate in the competition for the best international film. at the 2025 Academy Awards. Eunice Paiva: Marta, you have to help me. My husband is in danger! Marta: Everything is in danger, Eunice.. Shown in Mais Você: Episode on December 3, 2024. (2024). A Festa do Santo Reis Written by Leo Maia (played by Marcio Leonardo) Performed by Tim Maia. The Brazilian film that received the greatest international response in recent years, won the prize for the best screenplay at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar, “I’m still here” dramatizes the trajectory of the Paiva family’s life between the arrest of Rubens Paiva, the father and Eunice’s struggle after the disappearance of her husband. Walter Salles immerses the viewer in the closeness of this family and makes them accomplices, making them care about the fate of everyone, creating three-dimensional, real, believable characters. Fernando Torres plays the role of her life, almost a Greek heroine, marked by tragedy, subtly, never falling into excess or caricature. Detailed scenography, a concise script, natural interpretations, a carefully selected soundtrack, accurate editing – everything contributes to the fact that the director can convey exactly what he intended. Since I knew the story, I read the book on which the film was based, in addition to reports about it, my attention was focused on the cinematic solutions used by the director. He manages to turn this particular story into something universal, capable of communicating with viewers anywhere in the world.
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