I'm Still Here

Completed

"When a mother's courage defies tyranny, hope is reborn."

2024-09-19

7.965

pt 138m

DramaHistory

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.

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Author

Marcelo Rubens Paiva

Screenplay

Murilo Hauser

Director

Walter Salles

Production Assistant

João Pedro Tinoco

Set Decoration

Tatiana Stepanenko

Assistant Art Director

Gabriel Garcia

mother beach husband wife relationship based on novel or book 1970s rio de janeiro based on true story sao paulo, brazil grief female protagonist period drama interrogation seaside missing person military dictatorship family photo injustice historical drama humanity family dynamics missing husband 1990s activism mother son relationship mother daughter relationship resilience realistic 2010s brazilian cinema independent film adaptation political drama apathetic missing father political dissident biographical drama brazilian military dictatorship