I'm Still Here (2024 film)

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I'm Still Here
Directed by Walter Salles
Screenplay by
  • Murilo Hauser
  • Heitor Lorega
Based onAinda Estou Aqui by Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Produced by
Starring
Production
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Countries
  • Brazil
  • France
LanguagePortuguese

I'm Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui) is an upcoming 2024 Brazilian drama film, directed by Walter Salles. It is an adaptation of Marcelo Rubens Paiva's 2015 book Ainda Estou Aqui. It stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva a mother and activist searching for her missing husband, congressman Rubens Paiva, during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship. [1]

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Plot

Brazil, 1971. Eunice Paiva and her 5 children lives are abruptly changed after the disappearance of her husband, former Brazilian Labour Party's congressman Rubens Paiva.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by RT Features and VideoFilmes in co-production with Globoplay, Mact Productions, Conspiração Filmes and Arte France Cinéma. The screenplay was written by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega.

Principal photography began in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2023. [3]

Release

In May 2024, Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights to the film in North America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand at the Marché du Film. [1]

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References

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