I saw the film I Am Still Here directed by Walter Salles, written by a dynamic trio including: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, ...

Brazilian movie "I Am Still Here", set against the backdrop of the military dictatorship and recounting the true story of a mother of five whose husband disappears, made history on Sunday by earning ...

The story behind ‘I’m Still Here’ “I’m Still Here” was inspired by the book “Ainda Estou Aqui” by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, son of the disappeared former congressman Rubens Paiva. More than five decades ...

“I was the son of a disappeared politician ... Brazilian novelist Marcelo Rubens Paiva, the author of the book that served as the basis for the film, "I'm Still Here," poses for a photo during ...

Salles' film beat out several heavy winners to claim the International Feature trophy, including Mohammad Rasoulof's political thriller "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (a submission ...

The Walter Salles film stars Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva, the wife of Rubens Paiva, a former leftist Brazilian ... The focus of “I’m Still Here,” based on the memoir by Paiva’s son Marcelo, is ...

from the 2015 memoir by Rubens’ son, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, and Rubens himself was a prominent figure, an elected official before the coup, and an international face of the disappeared after he ...

Based on her son Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, the biopic follows Eunice’s unshakeable search for her husband and the decisions she makes to protect her children as danger looms. Fernanda ...

“I was the son of a disappeared politician ... earlier this week it will rule whether the sole survivor among Rubens Paiva’s torturers, Gen. José Antônio Nogueira Belham, can be tried.