Cinemao Street Artist who participated in I’m still here

Node Oscar 2025, I’m still here It has everything to make history. Nominated in three categories of the award that takes place this Sunday, 2, the film may be the first Brazilian to bring a statuette home.

Based on the book of the same name of MARCELO RUBENS PAIVA, I’m still here is set in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1970s, amid the military dictatorship, and tells the story of Eunice Paiva (FERNANDA TORRES), mother of five, who engages in an endless search for the truth after her husband, Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello), be brought by police to the landscape and disappear.

The feature Walter Salles competes for Best Movie and Best International Filmwhile FERNANDA TORRES is one of the main competitors to Oscar of Best actress.

In addition to the actress, the feature also has names like Fernanda Montenegro, MAEVE JINKINGS, Antonio Saboia, Humberto Carrão, Marjorie Estiano, CAMILA MARDILA, Valentina Herszage and Charles Fricks. Anyone who sees this cast of stars that can not even imagine that a street musician participated in the movie.

The street artist in I’m still here

Matheus do Canto is part of the band Chernobill Picanhawhich performs freely through the streets of São Paulo.

Formed by Matheus with Chico Rigo and Fernando Salsathe group sees the shows on the street as an opportunity to connect with the public while maintaining a more sincere relationship with their own music. It was precisely the experience on the streets, besides the physical appearance, which led the artist to I am still here.

I interpreted Danielwhich is the husband of Babiu – Daughter of Eunice – And I’m very similar to him. Physically, hairy and such. And this recognition we have for acting on the street with a sincere tramp, made with love, sometimes ends up leveraging you. We go through various places and sometimes are in the right place. And that made me know the guys in the movie and roll this invitation. So I didn’t end up there for a casting. It was for the resemblance to the real character and the relationships that art provides us. ”

Participate in a movie like I’m still here It was an experience that the artist never imagined living. He says he had very cool conversations with the director Walter Salles about a common taste: the music of Nick DrakeBritish singer and composer. The most unforgettable moments, however, went alongside Fernanda Montenegro:

Be in the same room as Fernanda Montenegrosee her talking about the old theater, about the Fernando TorresHer husband, and what they did together was a great gift I had of life experience. I could hear her tell several stories. ”

With the Chernobill Picanha, Matheus It will continue to perform on the street and in large stages in Brazil and worldwide. In March, they will be in Lollapalooza Brasil. As an actor, he is discovering himself, but he is excited to live new opportunities like this: “It would be very curious.”

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