I'm Still Here (2024 film)

I'm Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui) is an upcoming Brazilian drama film, directed by Walter Salles. It is an adaptation of Marcelo Rubens Paiva's 2015 book Ainda Estou Aqui. It stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva a mother and activist searching for her missing husband, congressman Rubens Paiva, during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship.

Plot
Brazil, 1971. The lives of Eunice Paiva and her five children abruptly change after the disappearance of her husband, former Brazilian Labour Party's congressman Rubens Paiva.

Cast

 * Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva
 * Fernanda Montenegro as Old Eunice Paiva
 * Selton Mello as Rubens Paiva
 * Antonio Saboia as Marcelo Rubens Paiva
 * Marjorie Estiano
 * Humberto Carrão
 * Valentina Herszage
 * Bárbara Luz
 * Carla Ribas
 * Dan Stulbach
 * Maeve Jinkings as Dalva Gasparian

Production
The film was produced by RT Features and VideoFilmes in co-production with Globoplay, Mact Productions, Conspiração Filmes and Arte France Cinéma. The screenplay was written by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega.

Principal photography began in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2023.

Release
In May 2024, Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights to the film in North America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand at the Marché du Film.