How to Watch Fernanda Torres’s Oscar-Nominated Performance in ‘I’m Still Here’
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This award season, culturally dominating films like Wicked and Emilia Pérez—and even critical favorites like Anora and The Brutalist—have emerged as frontrunners in the conversation, but a powerful Brazilian film has proven to be a worthy competitor. I’m Still Here, directed by Walter Salles, tells the true story of Eunice Paiva and her family after her husband, politician Rubens Paiva, is arrested and mysteriously disappears amid Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s. Based on her son Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, the biopic follows Eunice’s unshakeable search for her husband and the decisions she makes to protect her children as danger looms.
Fernanda Torres delivers a remarkable lead performance as Eunice, conveying both strength and vulnerability in the demanding role. It’s no wonder then that she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress this year, especially after she won the Golden Globe for lead drama actress in early January. She takes home Brazil’s first Oscar acting nod since 1999, which was held by her own mother, Fernanda Montenegro, according to Variety.
With the film gaining momentum this award season, I’m Still Here earned a Best Picture Oscar nomination as well, along with International Feature Film. While the film is already out in Brazil, it will premiere in the U.S. soon, just ahead of the Academy Awards. Here’s how to watch.
How can I watch I’m Still Here?
In the United States, I’m Still Here is exclusively playing in cinemas and still trickling into more locations in the coming weeks.
The film just opened in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on January 17, and it’s expanding to Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. on Friday, January 24. It will expand nationwide on February 14.
When will it be streaming?
Given we’re still fresh from the movie’s release date, it may take a while before I’m Still Here arrives online. Considering Sony’s previous licensing deal with Netflix, the film (which is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics) could eventually end up on the platform, but that might be after the Oscars, which are on March 2. Stay tuned for updates.
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