Animation features may be excluded wild robotno film had its world premiere or North American premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival to a more enthusiastic reception. I’m still here, walter sallesThis book provides an insightful portrait of one family’s experience under the military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985.
After debuting at the Venice Film Festival last week, where it was awarded the jury award for Best Screenplay, the film premiered at Toronto’s TIFF Lightbox on Monday afternoon in the presence of Salles and its stars Fernanda Torres and Seldon Merlo —received a minute-long standing ovation. (Unlike Cannes and Venice, Toronto is not a standing ovation festival).
I’m still here Adapted from Marcelo Rubens Paiva2015 books I’m still here go through Murillo Hauser and Heitor Loregacentered on the Paiva family where Salles himself grew up. Torres plays the matriarch of a family of five children before and after their gregarious patriarch, a former Brazilian Labor Party MP, in a restrained but powerful manner. Rubens Paivadisappeared suddenly.
The Disappeared — people considered enemies of the state, taken from their families — have been the focus of other strong films that have underperformed during awards season, particularly two Argentinian-themed films: Oscar Best International Feature Film Winner official story (1985) and nominees Argentina, 1985 (2022).
I’m still here does a pretty strong job telling their story, and with enthusiastic support from US distributor Sony Classics, has a good chance of getting an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature (alongside another TIFF ’24 fan favorite, France’s likely nominee together with the video) emilia perez).
Brazil’s last Oscar nomination for Best International Film was 26 years ago for Salles’ breakthrough film, central stationand movie stars, Fernanda Montenegrowas also nominated for Best Actress. Torres is a daughter of Montenegro and can certainly follow in her footsteps. (Montenegro, now 94, made a cameo appearance in “The Old Version of Torres”) I’m still here.) Hauser and Lorega’s script shouldn’t have been left out of the Best Adapted Screenplay competition either.
