I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui; Aún estoy aquí) is Walter Salles’s completed 2024 Brazilian-French drama, not a new film starring Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro together as separate leads. The two actors portray Eunice Paiva at different stages of her life. Goodfellas handles international sales; Vértigo Films distributed the film in Spain, where it opened in February 2025. In the United States, Sony Pictures Classics reported an expanding theatrical run in February 2025.
What is I’m Still Here about?
Set in Brazil in 1971, the film follows the Paiva family after Rubens Paiva, a former congressman who criticized the dictatorship, is taken by government officials and disappears. His wife, Eunice, seeks answers while trying to rebuild life for herself and their five children. The political drama keeps its focus on a family’s experience and endurance.
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Directed by Walter Salles and based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, the film stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice in different periods, with Selton Mello as Rubens. Listed runtimes vary: Goodfellas gives about 135 minutes, San Sebastián lists 136 minutes, and Instituto Cervantes lists 137 minutes. “About 136 minutes” is a useful estimate, not a single consistent listing. Goodfellas film page · San Sebastián festival record · Instituto Cervantes listing
Who handled distribution in the United States and Spain?
| Territory | Distributor or sales role | Release evidence |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Sony Pictures Classics handled the U.S. theatrical release. | On February 10, 2025, Sony said the film was expanding to more than 700 screens that weekend. The studio also reported a cumulative U.S. gross above $2 million and a worldwide gross of $23 million at that time; these are dated historical figures, not current totals. |
| Spain | Vértigo Films was the Spanish distributor, according to the San Sebastián International Film Festival. | The festival reports a Spain release in February 2025. |
| International sales | Goodfellas identifies itself as the film’s international sales company. | This is a sales role, distinct from the territory-specific distribution details above. |
Sources: Sony Pictures Classics, February 10, 2025 release; San Sebastián festival record; Goodfellas film page.
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Where can you watch it now?
The dated sources establish a U.S. theatrical expansion in February 2025, a Spanish release that month, and a later cultural screening in Los Angeles on June 26, 2025. They do not establish current streaming, rental, or physical-media availability in either country, so no present-day platform can be confirmed from these listings. Instituto Cervantes’ Los Angeles screening listing
What recognition did the film receive?
I’m Still Here received three nominations at the 97th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress for Fernanda Torres, and Best International Feature Film. It won Best International Feature Film on March 2, 2025, Brazil’s first win in that category. Torres also won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. San Sebastián’s 2025 report notes the film’s Venice Best Screenplay recognition and its Academy Award win. Sony Pictures Classics release · Associated Press Oscar report · San Sebastián 2025 report
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The festival also reports that 739 critics from 75 countries participated in the 2025 FIPRESCI Grand Prix vote that selected the film as its best film of the year. San Sebastián 2025 report
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What did Walter Salles and Fernanda Torres say about Eunice?
At the Oscars, Salles dedicated the prize to Eunice Paiva, saying, “This goes to a woman who after a loss suffered during an authoritarian regime decided not to bend and resist. This prize goes to her.” AP also quoted him backstage: “This woman had the possibility to bend or to embrace life, and did embrace life.” Torres, discussing a scene in which Eunice and her children pose for a newspaper photograph, said, “The smile is a kind of resistance.” Associated Press, March 2025 Oscar report
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