I'm Still Here

Ainda Estou Aqui (2024)

Timing: 2:18 (138 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2024-09-19

Country

Brazil, France

Production

RT Features, ARTE France Cinéma, VideoFilmes, MACT Productions, Globoplay, Conspiração Filmes

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$8 000 000

Revenue

$36 361 572

Website

https://www.sonyclassics.com/film/imstillhere

Director

Walter Salles

Actors

Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello, Valentina Herszage, Maria Manoella, Bárbara Luz, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Luiza Kosovski, Marjorie Estiano, Pri Helena
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Scenario

Producer

Maria Carlota Bruno, Walter Salles, Rodrigo Teixeira, Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre, Juliana Capelini, Renata Brandão, Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre, Masha Magonova, Lourenço Sant'Anna, David Taghioff

Operator

Adrian Teijido

Composer

Warren Ellis

Artist

Gabriel García

Audition

Leticia Naveira

Editing

Affonso Gonçalves
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• In one scene, television journalist Sid Moreira can be seen on a television screen. Moreira did work in television during the period in which the film is set, however, his voice was not taken from archival footage but was specially recorded for the film.
• To prepare for the role of Rubens Paiva, Celton Mello gained 20 kg.
• According to Fernanda Torres, director Walter Salles cut all scenes from the film in which she cried. Marcelo Rubens Paiva said that his mother never cried in front of loved ones and always kept her composure.
• As Fernanda Torres repeatedly recounted, director Walter Salles's decision to shoot all the scenes in the order they were written in the script was made at the last moment. Salles explained this as a necessity to allow the actors to bond as members of a real family and to better feel the growing sense of fear and oppression.
• Marcelo Rubens Paiva, son of Eunice and Rubens and author of the book, unsuccessfully dove into the water in 1979 and became paralyzed at the age of 20. Therefore, he is shown in a wheelchair in his later years.
• Director Walter Salles met the Paiva family in his childhood.
• Guilherme Silveira was on Leblon beach when the film's casting team approached him and offered him an audition. Despite his surprise, he agreed – that’s how he got the role of Marcelo Rubens Paiva.
• In reality, Yunis Paiva is very thin, and she lost another 11 kg during her 12 days in custody. Fernanda Torres, who played this role, lost about 10 kg while preparing for filming.
• Guilherme Silveira was on Leblon beach when a film casting team approached him and offered him an audition. Despite his surprise, he agreed – that's how he got the role of Marcelo Rubens Paiva.