Cinemawalter Salles prepares speech, but loses the role at the time of the awards; See the text’e reinforces Eunice’s trajectory. He talks about the importance of resistance, he speaks of how much he taught us, in fact, to fight without losing this ability to smile on writing

During the press conference held in Los Angelesone day after the ceremony of Oscar 2025the director Walter Salles revealed that he had prepared a more political speech for the stage, but ended up losing the role before going up to receive the prize of Best International Film put I’m still here.

“I was with glasses with nothing to read. I started thanking the Brazilian cinema, but I also wanted to thank the Latin American cinema. I lost it at the start, I also lost other things I wanted to remember.”

“He reinforces Eunice’s trajectory. He speaks of the importance of resistance, he speaks of how much he taught us, in fact, fighting without losing this ability to smile, ”said Salles, explaining the content of the message he had written for the award.

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See the speech you planned to read when receiving the statuette:

“Thank you, on behalf of Brazilian cinema. I thank the Academy for recognizing the story of a woman who, in the face of a tragedy caused by a military dictatorship, chose to resist to protect her family. At a time when such regimes are becoming less and less abstract, I dedicate this prize to Eunice Paiva and all mothers who, in the face of such adversity, have the courage to resist. They feel fragile. This award also belongs to two extraordinary women, Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro. They not only raised our film, but represent the fact that art has resisted in Brazil..

Fernanda Torres: “Brazil embraced this movie”

The victory of the feature in Oscar 2025 It was a historic milestone for Brazilian cinema, and FERNANDA TORRESprotagonist of the film, commented on the repercussion of the awards in the country.

“Brazil is crazy. I don’t know what happened that this movie became a country movement. Brazil embraced this movie! We were very impressed with the power that was creating, that it was representing”he declared.

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The film portrays the trajectory of Eunice Paivainterpreted by Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegroand his struggle after the disappearance of her husband, the deputy revoked Rubens Paivarole of Selton Melloduring the military dictatorship.

Selton Mello highlights the importance of interpreting Rubens Paiva

Selton Mellowho gave life to Deputy Rubens Paiva in the feature, spoke about the emotion and the weight of interpreting a historical figure with such relevance.

“Doing Rubens (Paiva) was quite an honor. My God, is a man who was taken from home and murdered by the state. I gave body to this man. I brought him to live again.”said the actor.