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A family of four stands posing and smiling, though the mother looks off distractedly.

I’m Still Here Ainda Estou Aqui

  Walter Salles

  Brazil, France     136 minutes

Synopsis

Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. The Paivas family lives under the tightening grip of Brazil’s military dictatorship. Rubens is a former politician, and his wife Eunice (Fernanda Montenegro) is devoted to their five children. They live an enchanted life by the beach surrounded by friends and family, and their humor and affection appear to be their only forms of resistance to the increasing oppression that surrounds them — until the day a violent and arbitrary act changes their lives forever.

In his first fiction film since 2012’s On the Road, the acclaimed director of Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries delivers another powerful political and human drama about his home country, lead by a stunning performance from Central Station star Fernanda Montenegro as the matriarch who must reinvent herself to carve out a new destiny for her family. A gripping tale of Brazil’s dark history, I’m Still Here marks a forceful and masterfully crafted return for the Brazilian auteur.

 Portuguese with subtitles

Screenings & Events

Screening

Wed, Oct 23 @ 8:45pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 13

Screening

Fri, Oct 25 @ 7:30pm CDT

at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 13

Media

Film Credits

  •   Maria Carlota Bruno, Rodrigo Teixeira, Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre
  •   Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega
  •   Alfonso Goncalves, ACE
  •   Adrian Teijido, ABC
  •   Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro
  •   Warren Ellis
  •   Guilherme Terra, Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre, Lourenço Sant’anna, Renata Brandão, Juliana Capelini, David Taghioff, Masha Magonova
  •   VideoFilmes, RT Features, Mact Productions
  •   https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/imstillhere