(23 Jan 2025)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 23 January 2025
1. Movie theater letter board showing films including the movie (Portuguese) “I’m Still Here”
2. Street movie theater showing “I’m Still Here”
3. “I’m Still Here” movie poster
4. Tilt-down from movie title to Fernanda Montenegro
5. Monica Armond with her friend outside the movie theater
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Monica Armond, 63-year-old retired geologist:
“I think that the big surprise was being nominated for ‘Best Picture.’ So we are hoping that it repeats what Parasite did, that won both (Best Picture and Best International Feature) Oscars. Let’s see, I think there are big chances.”
7. People at the movie theater’s café
8. Actresses Julia Esther (left) and Pamela Oliveira (right)
9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Julia Esther, 25 (left) and Pamela Oliveira, 26 (right), actresses:
“It’s a much-needed movie, it is important to be talking about this subject (dictatorship), it’s a current subject” – “It’s very hidden, this subject in Brazil is very hidden, everything that happened. It’s very important that a movie about that is being this relevant.”
10. Various of people visiting the house used to film the movie
11. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Oswaldo Barreto, 66-year-old retiree:
“It’s an honour to Brazil and our culture. To be represented, the whole world is seeing our art, the Brazilian cinema. It’s a victory to the Brazilian cinema and our culture.”
12. People taking pictures outside house used for filming
13. Various of Marcelo Dias showing inside of house used for filming
14. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Marcelo Dias, 60-year-old house broker:
“(I told the owners) Let’s rent the house, they said – no way! I just bought it! We talked, I explained to them, who are also artists, that it was a Walter Salles movie, and every detail they had sent me, we talked and we managed to make this dream come true.”
15. Rio de Janeiro’s cityscape, water and boats in foreground
16. Christ the Redeemer statue seen from a distance
STORYLINE:
Brazilians have been overjoyed after the motion picture “I’m Still Here” received three Oscar nominations on Thursday: best film, best international feature, and best actress for its lead, Fernanda Torres.
“Three historic nominations and a country in celebration,” Brazil’s government posted on X. “You can celebrate: our cinema is among the best in the world!”
The announcement quickly trended on social media and sparked a flood of memes, including jokes about organizing a national caravan to the Oscars.
Many users likened the excitement to watching the World Cup.
TV Globo, Brazil’s largest network, interrupted its morning programming to air the announcement of the best actress nominees.
During the day, tourists and residents were seen visiting the house used to shoot the movie in Rio de Janeiro’s Urca neighborhood.
The house is very similar to the original house, in Leblon, where Rubens Paiva and Eunice Paiva lived with their family, the main characters of the story based on true events, set in the 1970s.
“It’s an honour to Brazil and our culture. To be represented, the whole world is seeing our art, the Brazilian cinema. It’s a victory to the Brazilian cinema and our culture,” said Oswaldo Barreto, who had stopped to snap a picture of the landmark.
“I’m Still Here” is a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades and has drawn millions of moviegoers across the South American country.
The narrative centers on his wife, Eunice Paiva, and her lifelong pursuit of justice.
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