Feature film by Walter Salles (Central do Brasil), starring Fernanda Torres (Tapas & Kisses), was chosen as the best feature film at the Californian festival
Campaigning to get a spot at the 2025 Oscars, I’m Still Here received a new international award last Sunday (12): the feature film Walter Salles (Central Brazil), starring Fernanda Torres (Slaps & Kisses), was chosen as the best national feature film by the jury at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, in California, in the United States.
Trained by Canadian film critic Brian D. Johnsonthe Brazilian film critic Marcelo Janot and Italian film criticism Paola Casellathe jury declared that the film “evokes the gravity of violence without resorting to melodrama” and also praised the work of Walter Salleswhich “captures a critical moment in history with meticulous, immersive detail”.
What is the story of I’m Still Here?
Based on the book of the same name by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I’m Still Hereis set in Rio de Janeiro, in the early 1970s, amid the military dictatorship, and tells the story of Eunicemother of five children, who becomes involved in an endless search for the truth after her husband, Rubensbe taken away by undercover police officers and disappear.
In addition to Fernanda Torresthe film also features Fernanda Montenegro (The Invisible Life), Selton Mello (The Movie of My Life), Maeve Jinkings (Toll), Antonio Saboia (Private Destination), Humberto Carrão (Marighella) and Marjorie Estiano (Under pressure) in the cast. Watch the trailer for I’m Still Here:
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. Check it out:
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Source: Rollingstone
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