I’m Still Here (Ainda estou aqui)
I’m Still Here (Ainda estou aqui)
Opening Film – 12th Cine Latino Film Festival
Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30pm
SOLD OUT - A limited number of RUSH tickets may be available at the door.ABOUT THE FILM
The latest film from Walter Salles, director of the Oscar-nominated Central Station and the Oscar-winning The Motorcycle Diaries, takes place in 1971 Brazil under the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, Ainda estou aqui, about his mother Eunice Paiva, the film reunites Salles with his Oscar-nominated Central Station star Fernanda Montenegro, one of Brazil’s most acclaimed actors, and her daughter Fernanda Torres. The true story follows a mother of five children who is forced to reinvent herself as an activist after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. World Premiering at the upcoming 2024 Venice Film Festival, followed by a North American Premiere at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival).
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
When I first read Ainda estou aqui, by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I was deeply moved. For the first time, the story of the desaparecidos, the people snatched from their lives by the Brazilian dictatorship, was being told from the perspective of those left behind. In the experience of one woman— Eunice Paiva, a mother of five—there was both the story of how to live through loss and a mirror of the wound left on a nation. It was also personal: I knew this family and was friends with the Paiva children. Their house remains etched in my memory. During the seven years we spent creating Ainda estou aqui, life in Brazil veered dangerously close to the dystopia of the 1970s—which made it all the more urgent to tell this story. –Walter Salles
PRESENTED BY MSP FILM SOCIETY
Cine Latino returns October 9-13 to The Main Cinema for five days of Spanish and Portuguese language films, special guests, fiestas, food trucks, and more! The 12th annual celebration of the best Latin American, US Latinx, and Ibero Cinema pays homage to the longstanding film industries throughout the Spanish and Portuguese speaking diaspora by showcasing the diversity of their inhabitants, the immense beauty of their geographies, and the magic of their many cultures through the power of film.