Salles renders the real story of Eunice Paiva and her family onscreen with meticulous attention to detail.
Rubens Paiva really was the subject of a high-profile disappearance case linked to Brazils military regime.
This correspondence is the contents of the deliveries to Paivas family home during the movie.
That was the last time any of his family saw him.
These events happened, andEunice Paiva was only released from her jail cell 12 days later.
It was a smart decision to focus on the Paiva family and the effect Rubens disappearance had.
Her son Marcelo suffered a spinal injury in 1979 that left him without the use of his legs.
Their lives are upended when Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.
I’m Still Here is set during the early 1970s military dictatorship in Brazil, focusing on the Paiva family. As the regime intensifies, Rubens, Eunice, and their five children live in an open house by the beach in Rio. Their lives are upended when Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.
