Cinemawalter Salles responds success of I’m still here abroad: ‘It is not a movie about the past’ Indicated in three Oscar categories 2025, I am still here has pleased both public and critical in the international scenario for writing

One of the main Brazilian directors of today, responsible for films like Central do Brasil (1998), Motorcycle diaries (2004), On the road (2012) and Foreign land (1995), Walter Salles It is very successful with I’m still here (2024), both in Brazil and abroad, and opined on the success of production around the world.

Released on November 7, 2024 in Brazilian theaters, I’m still here It is based on the book of the same name of MARCELO RUBENS PAIVA and has names like FERNANDA TORRES, Fernanda Montenegro, Valentina Herszage, Selton Mello, Olivia Torres, Barbara Luz and Luiza Kosovski in the cast. Read the synopsis:

In the early 1970s, Brazil faces the hardening of the military dictatorship. In Rio de Janeiro, the family Paiva – Rubens, Eunice and their five children – lives by the beach in a house with open doors for friends. One day, Rubens Paiva It is taken by military personnel and disappears. Eunice – whose search for the truth about her husband’s fate would extend for decades – is forced to reinvent herself and outline a new future for you and your children.

During conversation with Variety, Salles noticed the growing relevance of the feature after the election of Donald Trump As president of the United States in 2024, in addition to the attempted coup d’état in Brazil in January 2022.

“The film talks to current events in Brazil, but unfortunately not only in Brazil,” he said. “We are experiencing a moment of extreme fragility of democracy in different parts of the world and I think this is largely responsible for audience members say, ‘Well, it’s not a movie about the past. It’s a movie about who we are now. ‘”

Rolling Stone Brazil Cinema Special

The cinema is the subject of the new special printed of the Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to seventh art lovers, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawhich reaches 85 years amid the release of his new movie, Megalópolisbold and millionaire endeavor financed by himself.

Undabase in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took about 40 years to get out of paper, the filmmaker defends the boldness of being creative of the film industry and opens, in good Portuguese, the influence of Brazil on his new movie: “Joy” .

The special also brings conversations with Walter Salles, FERNANDA TORRES and Selton Mello on I’m still herea chat about soundtracks with the conductor João Carlos Martinsan exclusive list of the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list of the 101 largest trails in the history of cinema, one warm for the Oscar 2025 and the radar of globe, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 movies for the coming months.

The Special Cinema of Rolling Stone Brazil It is already on newsstands, but can also be bought at the EDITORA PROFILE store for R $ 29.90. Check it out:

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