Fernanda Torres Interview: I'm Still Here Wasn't Acting, "We Were Just Being"

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As we near the New Year, awards season has come into focus and things are looking quite good for international feature contender I’m Still Here. Set in Brazil in the 1970s, a time of military dictatorship, the biographical drama puts the spotlight on Eunice Paiva (Torres), a mother of five who’s forced to forge forward after the disappearance of her husband, former Brazilian Labour Party congressman Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello). Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s book, I’m Still Here chronicles the deeply profound fortitude Eunice exhibits as she both keeps her family together and earns a law degree in hopes of contributing to holding the government accountable for the human rights abuses committed during this period. While the movie itself appears to be in good shape in Best International Feature, Best Actress has proven to be an especially competitive category this year. Many prognosticators are favoring the work of Mikey Madison in Anora, Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez, Cynthia Erivo in Wicked, Nicole Kidman in Babygirl, and Angelina Jolie in Maria in particular. All phenomenal performances worthy of the praise they’re receiving, but don’t be surprised if we see someone climb those ranks in the coming weeks, and I’m predicting that someone could and should be Fernanda Torres. In celebration of the film’s award season run and upcoming theatrical release, Torres joined me for a Collider Ladies Night conversation to revisit the significant moments that molded her as an actor and artist, and to discuss her experience making I’m Still Here, an experience that often transcended acting and felt more like being. 00:00 Dicey Questions 02:50 Introduction 03:16 Fernanda Montenegro & Fernando Torres 04:07 The Monty Python of Brazil 05:17 Improvisation 07:20 Soap Opera 08:00 Sitcoms 09:09 Writing Novels 10:51 Winning a Palme D'Or at Cannes 14:27 Hollywood Films 16:11 Making Movies in Brazil 18:53 The Power of Her Work 21:24 I’m Still Here 35:52 What is Fernanda Proud Of? #imstillhere #interview #brazil #filmmaking #oscars BREAKING NEWS, REVIEWS & MORE: https://collider.com SUBSCRIBE: https://youtube.com/collider FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL https://twitter.com/collider https://instagram.com/collider https://facebook.com/collider