

I'm Still Here
When a mother's courage defies tyranny, hope is reborn.
A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8M
- Box office
- $36.4M
- Language
- Portuguese
- mother
- beach
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- 1970s
- rio de janeiro
- based on true story
- anti-communism
- sao paulo, brazil
- grief
- female protagonist
- interrogation
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival9 Oct 2024
- PremiereHamptons International Film Festival10 Oct 2024
- PremiereHawaii International Film Festival11 Oct 2024
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival13 Oct 2024
- PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival19 Oct 2024
- PremiereChicago International Film Festival23 Oct 2024
- PremiereAFI Fest, Austin Film Festival25 Oct 2024
- PremiereHollywood Brazilian Film Festival29 Oct 2024
- PremiereMiami Film Festival3 Nov 2024
- PremiereSt. Louis International Film Festival9 Nov 2024
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1320 Nov 2024
- PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival6 Jan 2025
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13New York City, NY / Los Angeles, CA17 Jan 2025
- TheatricalPG-137 Feb 2025
- Digital / OTTPG-1311 Mar 2025
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival13 Oct 2024
- Theatrical (limited)157 Feb 2025
- Theatrical1521 Feb 2025
- Digital / OTT1521 Apr 2025
- Physical15Blu-ray 23 Jun 2025
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical30 May 2025
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM27 Feb 2025
- Digital / OTTM16 Apr 2025
- PhysicalM18 Jun 2025
- PremiereBrazilian Film Festival 2 Nov 2025
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2024
- PremiereVancouver International Film Festival3 Oct 2024
- Theatrical (limited)31 Jan 2025
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1320 Feb 2025
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival22 Oct 2024
- Theatrical14 Mar 2025
BrazilBR
- Theatrical (limited)14Cine Glauber - Salvador, Bahia19 Sept 2024
- PremiereSão Paulo International Film Festival18 Oct 2024
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival21 Oct 2024
- Theatrical147 Nov 2024
- Digital / OTT14Globoplay6 Apr 2025
ChileCL
- Theatrical146 Feb 2025
ChinaCN
- PremierePingyao International Film Festival26 Sept 2024
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival26 Apr 2025
- Theatrical (limited)3 May 2025
- PremiereBeijing12 May 2025
- Theatrical16 May 2025
- Digital / OTT5 Jan 2026
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical13 Feb 2025
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+20 Mar 2025
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I'm Still Here was released on 19 September 2024.
Audience reviews
4- B10/10
Brent Marchant
1/26/2025
Films featuring dark political themes are an acquired taste for many moviegoers, but, when they tell personal stories within such a context, they generally become more accessible for audience members, even those who might not ordinarily gravitate to pictures in this genre. That’s a goal expertly accomplished in the latest from director Walter Salles. This superb fact-based offering tells the heart-wrenching story of …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/30/2025
The Paiva family leads an ordinary life until one night when a knock on their door changes things for ever. Rubens (Selton Mello) was formerly a Labour Party congressman in Brazil but now that the military have taken over, he is suspected of ties with the outlawed Communists. He is taken away and shortly after his wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and their elder daughter is also taken in for interrogation. For the next …
- R8/10
r96sk
2/27/2025
<em>'I’m Still Here'</em> undoubtedly merits praise, it's an astutely made picture regarding a dark time in Brazilian history. The film's biggest plus, for me, is how warmly they portray the Paivas, it genuinely feels as if you are watching a real family; the actors play a big part in that, of course. Fernanda Torres is the standout, rightly so given she leads much of what we see. An excellent performance! Selton …
- B10/10
badelf
12/30/2025
If anyone ever said that a child cannot fill the parent's shoes, Fernanda Torres's performance in "I'm Still Here" is a force to be reckoned with. It stands on par with her mother, Fernanda Montenegro's legendary reputation, the Grande Dame of Brazilian theater and film known for "Central Station" and "House of Sand." Remarkably, Montenegro appears in this film as the elderly, senile version of Eunice Paiva, having o…
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