2024 · drama · biography · history
I'm Still Here
Directed by Walter Salles2h 18m2024
A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
Our read: I'm Still Here (2024) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · biography · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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