Ainda Estou Aqui (aka I'm Still Here) (2024)

Set in 1970 Brazil, a former congressman (Selton Mello) lives peacefully with his wife (Fernanda Torres in an Oscar nominated performance) and five children near the beach. A raid takes place at his home by the government's military dictatorship resulting in his arrest and disappearance. Based on the memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva and directed by Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION). Anchored by a sensational performance by Fernanda Torres, Salles' film (winner of the International film 2024 Oscar) documents the turbulence of a country under dictatorship and its effect on one family for generations. Unlike similarly themed movies like Costa Gavras' Z or MISSING, Salles doesn't go the political thriller route but takes his time to let the day to day horror of living under a right wing regime slowly unfurl and its effect is powerful. A riveting and deeply affecting piece of political biographical cinema. With Fernanda Montenegro, Antonio Saboia, Valentina Herszage and Luiza Kosovski.