Long directed by Walter Salles and starred by Fernanda Torres won in the category of Best International Film
The Brazilian Movie “I’m still here” This Sunday (2.mar.2025) won the 1st Oscar in Brazil’s history by bringing the statuette in the best international film category.
The feature led by Walter Salles surpassed “The needle girl”, “Emilia Pérez”, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” e “Flow”.
The work is starring actress Fernanda Torres, who plays Eunice, wife of former federal deputy Rubens Paiva, who was kidnapped and killed in the basements of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). The film is based on the book of writer Marcelo Rubens Paiva, son of the couple.
“I’m still here” broken the French work “Emilia Pérez”that The Bafta for Best Foreign Film on February 16. The award is considered the British Oscar.
The main actress of the French film, Karla Sofa Gascon, in recent weeks. It was excluded from the promotional campaigns from the film to the Oscars. According to the magazine Hollywood Reporterthe decision came after the rescue of Spanish posts published years ago and pointed as prejudiced.
Before the victory of “I’m still here”, numbers Longs from Brazil were in the way in the dispute of the best international film category. Are on this list “Black orphew“, “The Promise Payer“, “The quatrilho“, “What is it, companion” e “Central do Brasil“.
Billing “I’m still here”
This is the 3rd largest box office ever registered by Ancine (National Cinema Agency) since 2018, when the historical series begins. The film was seen by over 5.1 million viewers in Brazil. Abroad, “I’m still here” earned US $ 27.4 million (R $ 159 million).
