Cinemaa Importance of Victory of I’m still here at Oscar, according to Walter SallesaSeper of the bitter taste for Fernanda Torres not having won as best actress, director Walter Salles highlights role in the valorization of Brazilian culture by writing

In the 97th edition of Oscarthe movie I’m still here Made history. Nominated in three categories, the film won as Best International Film And guaranteed Brazil’s first statuette at the awards.

Production could still have gone beyond, with the awards of Best actress to FERNANDA TORRES and Best Moviebut was eventually surpassed by Anorawhich also yielded the Mikey Madison the acting award.

Even though many Brazilians watched at the end of the ceremony with a bitter taste and frustration after the Brazilian actress did not have the statuette, the Oscar what I’m still here I brought home is very valuable to national cinema.

During the press conference after the award that took place this Sunday, 2, the director Walter Salles stressed the importance of the unprecedented feat:

It took seven years for us to get here. From the beginning, we simply knew this was a necessary story and never imagined that it would end here. So this whole journey was about memory, resuming the memory of a family while portraying the memory of a country for 21 years of military dictatorship. And this story of real life is starring an extraordinary woman, Eunice Paiva. I think she keeps guiding us.

This is not just in the movie. AND Eunice really protecting us and being here. And at the same time, it is FERNANDA TORRES and Fernanda Montenegrotwo extraordinary Brazilian actresses, showing us that resisting is important in art. They did it. They resisted and art flourished thanks to them. So the prize is for these three extraordinary women.

According to the director, Oscar victory also has a key role to value and contribute to the recognition of what is done in the country:

It is not a movie that is being recognized, it is a culture. It is the way we make cinema in Brazil that is being recognized. Brazilian literature is being recognized from the book of MARCELO RUBENS PAIVA that inspires the movie. Brazilian music too. And it helps independent cinema a lot, because this news will echo around the world and perhaps more independent Brazilian productions will be recorded.

In the evaluation of Walter Sallesthe film was worldwide success because it tells a story of losses and how to overcome moments from affection, while fighting for justice. “In the end, it’s a movie about hope that embracing life allows you to have.”

The director of I’m still here He also stated that Brazilians became co-authors of the film, which “broke the barrier of political polarization and offered a reflection on the history of the country.”

In fact, what we have done can help in the fight against oblivion. And this is really important.

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