Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker for Wbgr-fm on January 30th, 2025, reviewing “I’m Still Here,” nominated for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars. In select theaters now, with a wider release on February 14th.
Rueben Paiva (Selton Mello) was a congressman in Brazil who was exiled following a military coup in 1964 (the military dictatorship lasted until 1985) and comes back to Rio de Janiero in 1970 with wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and his five children, although he maintains underground anti-government activities. These activities eventually get him arrested in January of 1971, and Eunice’s pursuit of information results in her (and her daughter’s) detention. Rueben’s disappearance remains officially unsolved, prompting Eunice to move her family and gain her law degree, to pursue the truth for both Rueben and other underrepresented peoples. Even as Rueben’s death is made official, the sun never sets on hard line government oppression.
Rueben Paiva (Selton Mello) was a congressman in Brazil who was exiled following a military coup in 1964 (the military dictatorship lasted until 1985) and comes back to Rio de Janiero in 1970 with wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and his five children, although he maintains underground anti-government activities. These activities eventually get him arrested in January of 1971, and Eunice’s pursuit of information results in her (and her daughter’s) detention. Rueben’s disappearance remains officially unsolved, prompting Eunice to move her family and gain her law degree, to pursue the truth for both Rueben and other underrepresented peoples. Even as Rueben’s death is made official, the sun never sets on hard line government oppression.
- 2/9/2025
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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