A still from director Walter Salles' film "I’m Still Here.” (Courtesy Alile Onawale/Sony Pictures Classics) Director Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” takes place, for the most part, in early 1970s Rio ...

Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva in the Brazilian historical drama I’M STILL HERE. Photo by Adrian Teijido. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. The Oscar-nominated, true story-based I’M STILL HERE ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Growing up in Brazil around the turn of the millennium, I was too young to have lived ...

Based on true events, I’m Still Here takes place in the aftermath of Brazil’s brutal 1964 military coup and the dictatorship that followed. During this time of chaos and oppression, Eunice Paiva ...

While watching I’m Still Here, I wasn’t aware it was a true story outside of the 1970s Brazilian dictatorship setting, figuring it was just the framing device to tell a story about how people live and ...

It's one measure of Latin America's arduous history that it has spawned so many books and movies about dictatorship. Over the years, I've been through scads of them, from novels by Gabriel García ...

— Recommendations are independently chosen by our editors. Purchases you make through the links below may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. The 97th Annual Academy Awards take place on ...

Stories about unjust governments are nothing new, but there’s something particularly striking about Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here.” The film, having recently been nominated for Best Picture at the ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: American cinephiles everywhere just added a new movie to their watch list: I’m Still Here, the Brazilian drama that nabbed a surprise bid for Best Picture in the 2025 ...

Directed by Walter Salles, the heartbreaking I'm Still Here has been an unquestionable success, thanks almost entirely to the movie's quality. Little was initially known about I'm Still Here outside ...

“I’m Still Here,” Walter Salles’ searing drama about the life of Brazilian lawyer and activist Eunice Paiva, has triumphed at the 97th annual Academy Awards to win Best International Feature Film.