Overview
A woman's resilience is tested as she navigates the aftermath of a violent upheaval in her life.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- tense
- intimate
- historical film night
- thoughtful weekend viewing
What critics said
Critics overwhelmingly praised Walter Salles’s humane historical drama, especially Fernanda Torres’s layered performance, emotional restraint, and intimate depiction of a family under authoritarian repression.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Paiva family’s ordinary household is transformed by Rubens’s disappearance and the dictatorship’s intimidation.
Eunice reinvents herself and protects her children after her husband is taken by the military regime.
The knock at the door, interrogation, detention, and unexplained disappearance generate sustained menace without graphic violence.
The Paiva family story is situated within Brazil’s military government and the long aftermath of enforced disappearance.
Films like I'm Still Here, and why
The Official Story
shared political repression, family-centered historical drama, and emotionally restrained performances
Central Station
shared Brazilian setting, intimate humanist drama, and themes of political violence and family resilience
Missing
shared fact-based political drama, enforced disappearance, and a woman’s struggle against authoritarian power
Argentina, 1985
shared historical trauma, grief, and maternal perseverance conveyed through a classical dramatic form
Movie Details
- Director
- Walter Salles
- Release Date
- 2024-09-19
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 (1175)
Cast
- Fernanda Torres
- Fernanda Montenegro
- Selton Mello
- Valentina Herszage
- Maria Manoella
- Bárbara Luz
- Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
- Luiza Kosovski
- Marjorie Estiano
- Pri Helena
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I'm Still Here about?
- A resilient mother rebuilds her family and preserves her husband’s memory amid Brazil’s military dictatorship and the silence surrounding his disappearance.
- What is I'm Still Here like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I'm Still Here as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I'm Still Here violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in I'm Still Here as mild.
- What did critics think of I'm Still Here?
- Critics overwhelmingly praised Walter Salles’s humane historical drama, especially Fernanda Torres’s layered performance, emotional restraint, and intimate depiction of a family under authoritarian repression.
- Which films are like I'm Still Here?
- Films with a similar feel include The Official Story, Central Station, Missing, and Argentina, 1985.
- How long is I'm Still Here?
- I'm Still Here runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch I'm Still Here?
- In United States, I'm Still Here streams on Netflix.
