In 1999, Montenegro’s performance in Central Station earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, making her the first Brazilian actress recognized in that ...

I'm Still Here is based on a memoir, Ainda Estou Aqu (meaning I'm still here), by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Eunice Paiva's son, who began writing it while his mother was going through Alzheimer's disease.

I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to ...

Mikey Madison won the Oscar for best actress over contenders such as Demi Moore and Fernanda Torres, but there’s only love ...

I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil’s first Oscars win on Sunday in the best international film ...

The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and ...

When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz announced that “I’m Still Here” was the winner of best international film at the Academy ...

Torres didn’t take home the Oscar for best actress, though I’m Still Here significantly won the best international feature ...

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools. It’s ...

Brazil has won its first Oscar for international feature for I'm Still Here, the story of a family broken apart amid a ...

The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship.

Torres is just the second Brazilian actress nominated for an Academy Award; her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, was the first.