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Rating: 9 stars

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amc westminster promenade 24 amc a-list Brazil 1970s political activism murder disappearances right wing Family military dictatorship fascism

All movies seen on 02/09/2025

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I'm Still Here (2024)

Directed by Walter Salles

Drama | History | Biography

Overview

A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.

Length 138 minutes

Actors

Fernanda Torres | Selton Mello | Valentina Herszage | Maria Manoella | Luiza Kozovski | Marjorie Estiano | Bárbara Luz | Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha | Cora Ramalho | Olívia Torres | Guilherme Silveira | Antonio Saboia | Pri Helena | Dan Stulbach | Thelmo Fernandes | Humberto Carrão | Maeve Jinkings | Carla Ribas | Camila Márdila | Daniel Dantas | Charles Fricks | Helena Albergaria | Marcelo Várzea | Caio Horowicz | Maitê Padilha | Luana Nastas | Isadora Ruppert | Luiz Bertazzo | Lourinelson Vladmir | Alexandre Mello | Augusto Trainotti | Alan Rocha | Fernanda Montenegro | Felipe Barreto | Antonio Furtado | Fagundes Emanuel | Bernardo Bibancos | Matheus Canto | Pedro Passarelli | Mônica Braga | Giulia Passarelli | Angela Chieregati Passarelli | Lucas Santos | Felipe Nehab | Félix Salles | Manoel Taborda | Theo Hoffmeister | João Gabriel Frapolli | Lucas Zampa | Aguida Aguiar | DANIEL ERICSSON | Renan Lima | Thadeu Matos | Hugo Camizão | Otávio Linhares | Leo Mac-Dowell | Rafaela Mell | João Júnior | Denis Sauer | Aguida Aguiar | Daniel de Almeida | Philipp Lavra | Ângela Ribeiro | Camilla Flores | Luisa Taborda | Mayra Coelho | Ingrid Oliveira | Kauã Rodríguez | Laura Araujo | Cid Moreira | Carolina Borelli

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Nice to see a good crowd for this on Superbowl Sunday no less. Going to a movie that portrays real events under a corrupt right wing government in Brazil in the 1970s on one of the biggest sports days in America feels like an act of resistance to be honest.

This was a powerful, but heartbreaking, experience. Very much like THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, this focuses on the very real impact of living in a country controlled by right wing authoritarians has at the family level. While SACRED FIG is a fictional story set in a very real time and place, I’M STILL HERE is based on a biography written by the youngest son of Rubens Paiva who was disappeared by the military dictatorship that controlled Brazil in the ‘70s.

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