The global acclaim of the Oscar-winning movie "I'm Still Here" has profoundly impacted Brazil’s social and political life — ...
I saw the film I Am Still Here directed by Walter Salles, written by a dynamic trio including: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, ...
Walter Salles dedicated the victory to Eunice Paiva, wife of former federal representative Rubens Paiva, who disappeared during the dictatorship. Her pursuit of the truth about her husband's fate ...
The Hope College Knickerbocker Theatre will continue its spring film series with the Academy Award-winning film “I’m Still ...
Everything is just so … normal. The Paiva family’s life doesn’t stay that way for long. One day, armed men show up at the house and take Rubens in for questioning, although they decline to ...
Brazil's government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship whose remains could be ...
Actress Fernanda Torres was also nominated for an Oscar for her leading role as Eunice Paiva. Her husband, Rubens Paiva, had been a congressman before the U.S.-backed coup d'etat in 1964.
The Oscar-winning film tells the true story of a former Brazilian lawmaker who was abducted under Latin America’s longest lasting military dictatorship. Hundreds of soldiers arrive at rally ...
The story behind ‘I’m Still Here’ “I’m Still Here” was inspired by the book “Ainda Estou Aqui” by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, son of the disappeared former congressman Rubens Paiva.
The first part of the film—beautifully shot in both 35mm and the grainy intimacy of a handheld Super 16 camera—shows us the large and happy Paiva family as they move through sunny 70’s Rio. Rubens ...