Bolsonaro criticizes Rouanet Law after Fernanda Torres’ victory

by Andrea
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The Brazilian won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Film for her role in “Still I’m Here” in the early hours of this Monday (6 January)

The former president (PL) criticized the Culture Incentive Law, the , this Monday (Jan 6, 2025) after sharing on his profile on X (formerly Twitter) a video about the “ferry industry”. The post was made after that of Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres at the Golden Globes, in the early hours of this Monday.

Supporters of former president Bolsonaro and critics of the film “I’m Still Here” on social media they complain that the film used resources from the Rouanet Law to be produced. However, the work directed by Walter Salles is not on the list of beneficiaries of the federal incentive, which restricts resources for feature films.

Despite having grown up in Eldorado Paulista, a city with great influence from the Paiva family, Jair Bolsonaro often approaches the Paiva with insults and personal attacks. During the inauguration of a bust in honor of Rubens Paiva, a former federal deputy tortured and killed during the military dictatorship, the former president spat on the statue and called him a “communist” e “tramp”.

Torres’ victory

Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, 59 years old, won the Golden Globe in the early hours of this Monday (6th January) in the “Best Actress in a Drama Film” category. Playing the lawyer and human rights activist Eunice Paiva in the film “I’m Still Here”, the actress defeated names like Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Kate Winslet.

Watch the moment:

“I’m Still Here” is based on the book of the same name by writer Marcelo Rubens Paiva about his mother’s story after the disappearance of deputy Rubens Paiva in 1971, during the dictatorship. The film surpassed 3 million viewers in theaters last week.


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