I’m Still Here: a powerful story of the human spirit under dictatorship

I’m Still Here: a powerful story of the human spirit under dictatorship

Walter Salles is, rather surprisingly, thought to be the third-wealthiest film director in the world, after George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, with an estimated net worth of $4.2bn. Although his films have been successful enough, they are not the source of his riches. He comes from one of the most prominent families in Brazil, his father, Walter Moreira Salles, having been the chairman of Unibanco and twice the Brazilian ambassador to the United…

CDDMX.- Her husband, Rubens, engineer and former left-wing congressman, was kidnapped and disappeared by the military dictatorship in Brazil in 1971, but Eunice Paiva did not collapse in the face of the nightmare. At least, not out. Nominated to three Oscar awards, the film I am still here shows her resistance, dignity and fight against state violence. Deceased in 2018, she never let herself be intimidated and always advocated for the victims of…

I'm Still Here Review

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As a result, the production achieves a place among the 20 highest box office in Brazilian cinema — the ranking is led by “Nothing to Lose” (2018), a biopic by Bishop Edir Macedo, with 12.184 million spectators

Walter Salles to CNN: “I'm still here” is about the loss of a stolen life - World Stock Market

The director of “I’m still here” , Walter Salles spoke to CNN About how the film portrays theft of a life with the disappearance of Rubens Paiva, and Eunice Paiva’s obligation to deal with the loss. “The movie was really about how that light, that life was stolen when the father was taken from them, and the mother had to face the tragedy of dealing with a loss,” the filmmaker told journalist Christiane Amanpour, from CNN . After her husband is t…