I'm Still Here - Oscar Sunday

Nominated for 3 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Foreign Language Film. Based on the memoirs of Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I'm Still Here tells the true story of the disappearance of his father, former congressman Rubens Paiva, during Brazil's military dictatorship in the 1970s. The lives of Rubens Paiva's wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and their five children are changed forever after the disappearance. Eunice is captured and pressured by the regime to betray her friends and family. When she is released 12 days later, she does everything she can to oppose the corrupt regime and fight for the rights of thousands of disappeared, innocent civilians and their families. Director Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries, On the Road) is back as a fiction director after a long time and with this powerful portrait he makes his first film in his home country Brazil in 16 years, where the film became a box office hit. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and actress Fernanda Torres won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in the category 'Motion Picture - Drama' for her role.