i’m still here

walter salles · 2024 · movie

recommended for: all of cortis

why they might enjoy it:
ainda estou aqui (or "i'm still here") is a brazilian movie based on the memoir by marcelo rubens paiva. set during brazil’s military dictatorship, the story follows eunice paiva and her family after her husband, rubens paiva, is taken into custody and disappears. the movie portrays her struggle to protect her family while searching for answers, becoming a powerful story about memory, loss, resilience, and the fight for justice. cortis might like since the story of the movie and the family is very emotional

content note: military dictatorship, political repression, forced disappearance, grief, trauma