I'm Still Here - Reviews

There are traces of something genuinely exploratory in Walter Salles’s I’m Still Here, the director’s first fiction feature in 12 years and certainly one of his most personal.

...a brilliant political biopic, honors family's resilience during dictatorship

...a gripping story, sensitively performed, with outstanding production and costume design effectively reproducing the era.

...a film that locates further meaning in the face of Brazil’s present Far-Right wave, remains in the heart long after the picture fades.

...helps continue Eunice’s tireless efforts for those in her county and abroad alike to never forget those lost during these most tumultuous of times in her beloved Brazil.

Brazilian actor Torres delivers a tour-de-force performance worthy of the extraordinary Eunice Paiva, the central figure in this impressive drama based on real events.

...a sensitive depiction of the forced disappearance of former congressman Rubens Paiva, and the devastation his family faced.

...Fernanda Torres gives a strikingly understated performance in the lead role.

This sensational true-life tale from director Walter Salles depicts the abduction of a congressman in military-occupied Brazil in 1970 – and fully deserves its three Oscar nods.

Fernanda Torres is mesmerising in this masterful Oscars hopeful.

...loving family negotiates the horror of Brazil’s military rule.

A revelatory Fernanda Torres leads a Brazilian history lesson disguised as a family drama.

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