At a moment in history where developed democracies around the world seem receptive to political candidates with authoritarian tendencies, the story of Rubens and Eunice Paiva feels increasingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In I’m Still Here, Torres plays Eunice Paiva, a mother of five and wife to former Brazilian congressman Rubens Paiva. When Rubens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the celebrated Brazilian author Marcelo Paiva started writing his 2015 memoir Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m Still Here), he wanted to ...

The latest feature from Walter Salles (“Central Station,” “The Motorcycle Diaries”) tells the remarkable story of Eunice Paiva. Known as a human rights activist in Brazil, Paiva became a lawyer after ...

After 21 years in power, that dictatorship would fall in 1985. (FYI: Support from the U.S. government was a major reason it existed in the first place.) But recent revelations have made its memory ...

Last month, I saw the film I Am Still Here directed by Walter Salles, written by a dynamic trio including: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, and Marcelo Rubens Paiva (Son of Eunice and Rubens Paiva). I am ...

Unfortunately, few mainstream audiences have seen 2025's Best International Feature winner at the Oscars, I'm Still Here, which beat out the widely controversial Emilia Peréz. Due to a limited release ...

It’s easy to fall in love with the Paiva family. Filmmaker Walter Salles makes sure of that in “I’m Still Here.” He drops the audience into the warm everyday of the beautiful home of Eunice (Fernanda ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A white house in a quiet corner of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been attracting a stream of visitors in recent weeks. They are eager to see the family home ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In movies, political resistance often takes the form of protest, hunger strike or armed uprising. But in Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here,” it comes in the shape of a defiant smile. The ...

I first knew of Eunice Paiva as the mother of Marcelo. When Marcelo wrote I’m Still Here, I ran to the bookstores to read it, because I always wanted to know about what really happened to his father.

This story was originally published on Jan. 7. We are republishing it after I’m Still Here won the 2025 Oscar for Best International Feature. When the celebrated Brazilian author Marcelo Paiva started ...