I’m Still Here

1971, and Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, is taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, and disappears. Adapted from his son's memoir, this overwhelming political drama from Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) stays tightly wedded to the perspective of Rubens's wife, Eunice (a shattering Fernanda Torres), whose indefatigable search for the truth would stretch out for decades. A devastating true story of human tenacity in the face of injustice, and featuring a deeply affecting appearance from Fernanda Montenegro.