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I’m Still Here scored a significant victory ultimately evening’s Golden Globe Awards. Star Fernanda Torres, 59, took residence the coveted trophy for greatest dramatic actress — one of many final and most high-profile of the night. In her acceptance speech, the actress acknowledged her opponents within the class, together with Pamela Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Tilda Swinton, and Kate Winslet.
“My god, I didn’t prepare anything because I was late already,” she exclaimed, per the Independent. “And this is such an amazing year for female performances. There are so many actresses here who I admire so much.” She went on to honor her mom, Fernanda Montenegro, who additionally seems within the movie. “She was here 25 years ago,” Torres mentioned, recalling her mom’s nomination in the identical class in 1999 for Central Station. “And this is proof that art can endure through life, even in difficult moments like this amazing story.” She continued, “There’s something that is happening now in the world with so much fear. And this is a film that helped us to think how to survive in tough times like this.”
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What Is ‘I’m Still Here’ About?
The official logline of the film’s trailer offers an summary of the movie, which takes place in 1971 Brazil amid the “tightening grip of a military dictatorship.” “Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government,” the logline explains. “The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva‘s biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.”
Per Variety, filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron (Pan’s Labyrinth, Gravity) named it one in every of his prime movies of 2024. “Watching a Walter Salles film is to be embraced in generosity, is like experiencing a gravitational pull, both lifting and grounding us at the same time with an invisible yet undeniable force,” he mentioned. “With I’m Still Here, this effect is even more compelling.”
Who is within the ‘I’m Still Here’ Cast?
Directed by Walter Salles (On The Road, The Movie Teller,) I’m Still Here boasts a powerful solid. Newly topped Golden Globe winner Torres heads up the solid a Eunice, reverse Selton Mello as Rubens Paiva. Fernanda Montenegro seems as an older Eunice, and Valentina Herszage performs Veroca.
How to Watch ‘I’m Still Here’
The film first premiered on the Venice Film Festival in September of 2024, and was launched in Brazilian theaters on November 7, 2024, per Wikipedia. It’s set to hit theaters in New York and Los Angeles on January 17, 2025, and a large launch is anticipated on February 14.
Is ‘I’m Still Here’ in Portuguese or English?
I’m Still Here is carried out in Portuguese with English subtitles.