Walter Salles
I'm Still Here
Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.
- Director: Walter Salles
- Main Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello
- Soundtrack: Warren Ellis
- Cinematography: Adrian Teijido
- Screenplay: Walter Salles
Original title in Brazil is Ainda Estou Aqui.
Cinema Premiere: February 7, 2025
10 english reviews of I'm Still Here (2024)
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9 / 10
Walter Salles directs Fernanda Torres in a standout performance as a real-life matriarch in military-ruled Brazil of the 1970s
- Wendy Ide -
9 / 10
"I'm Still Here" is a gripping, profoundly touching film with a deep well of pathos.
- David Rooney -
9 / 10
The chemistry between all of the Paira family members forms the beating heart of the film, devastating the audience by reminding them how happy they used to be, but promising them that nothing can shatter their sense of spirit, because they are together.
- Emma Kiely -
8 / 10
Walter Salles’ personal and poignant vision of family life under Brazilian fascism
- Phil de Semlyen -
7.5 / 10
Grief is said to have five stages — denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But in the nightmare endured by the Paiva family there is no hope to accept what has happened to them as the government who tortured and executed the beloved head of their family deny he was ever even arrested.
- Leila Latif -
6 / 10
Salles’s imperfect, hobbled film tells us that hope springs eternal and that joy is a given and that most happy families will find a way to survive.
- Xan Brooks -
5.8 / 10
As "I'm Still Here" moseys steadily onward, Torres adds gradual shadings to better illustrate the calcification of Eunice’s resolve. The film is never better than when Salles, who delivers a moving performance of steely determination, simply gets out of the way and gives his star the space to process her grief.
- Marshall Shaffer -
5 / 10
Maybe if "I'm Still Here" was framed as Eunice’s life through the eyes of Marcelo, then most of the wide, idealizing brush strokes in this saintly portrait would prove much more permissible.
- Savina Petkova -
5 / 10
"I'm Still Here"’s affection for its subjects, though tender, is largely hagiographic.
- Cole Kronman
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