Cinema’I’m Still Here’ is the best-selling national film of 2024Walter Salles’ film surpasses one million spectators and represents Brazil at the Oscars yesterday at 6:34 pm

I’m Still Heredirected by Walter Salles (Central Brazil), is the best-selling national film of 2024, according to the platform Ingresso.com. Released in cinemas on November 7th, the film led sales in its opening week and maintained the first position the following weekend, surpassing the mark of one million spectators throughout Brazil.

Based on the book of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I’m Still Here is set in Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the military dictatorship. The plot follows Eunice, played by Fernanda Torresa mother of five children who seeks answers about the disappearance of her husband, Rubens, taken by undercover police officers. The cast also features prominent names such as Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello, Maeve Jinkings, Antonio Saboia, Humberto Carrão and Marjorie Estiano.

The film’s performance at the box office reflects Brazilians’ growing interest in national productions. According to data from Ingresso.com52% of ticket sales for national films on the platform came from the state of Rio de Janeiro, followed by São Paulo (19.5%) and Bahia (9.4%). Furthermore, Roraima, Acre and Rondônia recorded the highest number of unique purchases for Brazilian productions.

The success at the box office also brought another Brazilian production, Noah’s Ark, to the top 5 on the weekend of November 9th and 10th, ranking fifth.

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with the maestro João Carlos Martinsan exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for Oscar 2025 and the release radar of Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is already on newsstands, but can also be purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90.