I’m Still Here

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2024 (Brazil/France) (Drama) (English sub-titles)
Starring: Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello
Director: Walter Salles
A Member’s Choice + Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film:

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. He was told nothing more than he must give a deposition to authorities and he disappeared.

Adapted from his son’s memoirs, this overwhelming political drama stays tightly wedded to the perspective of Rubens’ wife, whose indefatigable search for the truth about her husband would stretch out for decades. A devasting true story, I’m Still Here is exhilarating in its portrayal of human tenacity in the face of injustice.