Directed by Walter Salles and starring Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here stars Selton Mello as former deputy Rubens Paiva
In addition to the public and critical success in Brazil, I’m Still Herefilm directed by Walter Salles and starring Fernanda Torres (Eunice Paiva) and Selton Mello (Rubens Paiva), is also praised by foreigners, such as the actor and director Sean Penn.
In a post made on Instagram, Mello revealed a meeting with Sean Pennwho was “deeply touched by” the Brazilian’s performance as the former deputy Rubens Paivawho was tortured and killed by military personnel during the dictatorship in Brazil.
“My lifelong idol was deeply touched by my work,” he wrote. “I don’t know what to think, I won the day, I won the year.” Then, the actor revealed how Penn was “immediately enchanted” when Rubens appeared on the screen “accepting the dog.”
This increased as the film progressed. He said he wanted to be a father like that. Missed me. He missed his childhood. He missed his father. He was sorry. He felt my presence even in my absence. He thanked me for that feeling. This moved me intensely. I will carry it with me forever.
“The day I stop being sensitive to demonstrations like this means I’ve dried up inside,” he continued Selton Mello in publication. “I want to keep being amazed, moving, I want to keep feeling a lot.
So, the Brazilian listed some works of Sean Penn who is a big fan, like 21 grams (2003), The Final Payment (1993), Milk: The Voice of Equality (2008), About Boys and Wolves (2003), Student Picardies (1982) and Few and Good (1999).
He, who became a director, truly inspired me
my lifelong idol moved me
deeply
so I continue on the road
feeling a lot.
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“At the beginning of the 1970s, Brazil faced the hardening of the military dictatorship. In Rio de Janeiro, the family Paiva – Rubens, Eunice and her five children – lives by the beach in a house with open doors for friends. One day, Rubens Paiva is taken by undercover soldiers and disappears. Eunice – whose search for the truth about her husband’s fate would span decades – is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new future for herself and her children,” says the film’s synopsis.
Released on November 7, 2024 in Brazilian cinemas, the cast of I’m Still Here account with Fernanda Montenegro, Valentina Herszage, Maeve Jinkings, Antonio Saboia, Olivia Torres, Marjorie Estiano, Humberto Carrão, Maitê Padilha, Barbara Luz, Luiza Kosovskibetween others. Watch the trailer below:
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 hits newsstands in November, but can also be pre-purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out:
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