The movie powerfully depicts the forced disappearance of retired politician Rubens Paiva in 1971, and the effect this turn of events has on his family. It’s anchored by a remarkable performance ...

SAO PAULO — Brazilian author Marcelo Rubens Paiva happily swung his wheelchair from side to side, dancing with thousands of Carnival revelers celebrating him and his work. Seconds later ...

I’m Still Here, entitled Ainda Estou Aquiin the Portuguese language, is a masterful political thriller disguised as a family drama, which ends in uplifting fashion for its protagonist Eunice Paiva.

Marcelo Rubens Paiva attends the premiere of 'I'm Still Here' in Venice Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images All roads in the Brazilian film industry seem to lead to lead to Marcelo Rubens Paiva ...

The movie focuses on the personal and political story of its protagonist, lawyer Eunice Paiva (1929–2018) whose husband, former Congressman Rubens Paiva, was kidnapped and killed by agents of ...

In I’m Still Here, Torres plays Eunice Paiva, wife to former Brazilian congressman Rubens Paiva. When Rubens is “disappeared” by the Brazilian regime, during the country’s military ...

Actress Fernanda Torres was also nominated for an Oscar for her leading role as Eunice Paiva. Her husband, Rubens Paiva, had been a congressman before the U.S.-backed coup d'etat in 1964.

The Walter Salles film stars Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva, the wife of Rubens Paiva, a former leftist Brazilian congressman who, at the height of the country’s military dictatorship in ...

Set in 1970 Rio de Janeiro and based on the memoir of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, it stars Golden Globe winner Torres as the real-life figure Eunice Paiva, whose husband Rubens Paiva ...