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Cinema Club: I’m Still Here

Cinema Club: I’m Still Here

Cinema Club: I’m Still Here

Dir. Walter Salles
135 min
PG-13

February Cinema Club

Saturday, February 8 at 11:00am

Cinema Club Moderator Megan Feeney will be in conversation with Dr. Sophia Beal, Professor of Portuguese at the University of Minnesota, specializing in Brazilian literature and culture.

Cinema Club screenings are Free for MSP Film Society Members. Not a Member? Join here. More info on Cinema Club here.

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Golden Globe winner: Fernanda Torres for Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Drama. Official Brazilian Submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards®

ABOUT THE FILM

The latest film from Walter Salles, director of the Oscar-nominated Central Station and the Oscar-winning The Motorcycle Diaries. BRAZIL, 1971 - Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government.

The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history.

Film Details

Program: Cinema Club
Release Year: 2024
Runtime: 135 min
Country/Region: Brazil, France
Rating: PG-13
Language: Portuguese
Print Source: Sony Pictures Classics
Tags: Adaptation, Biography, Drama, Historical Drama, Politics

Cast/Crew

Director: Walter Salles
Producer: Maria Carlota Bruno, Rodrigo Teixeira, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre
Cinematographer: Adrian Teijido
Screenwriter: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, Based on the Book by Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Editor: Affonso Gonçalves
Composer: Warren Ellis
Principal Cast: Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro