"I'm Still Here" has won the Oscar for best international feature, the first Brazilian movie to win the category.

Since its release, it has remained one of the highest-grossing Brazilian films in domestic box office history, settling at the number two spot behind City of God. Central Station's record has now been ...

Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro." I'm Still Here also features Torres' real-life legendary mother, 95-year-old Fernanda Montenegro, who plays an older version of Paiva in the film.

The first was her own mother — 95-year-old Fernanda Montenegro, perhaps the only actor more legendary than her daughter in the South American country. Montenegro was nominated for 1998’s ...

daughter-mother pair Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro. “This goes for a woman who, after a loss suffered during an authoritarian regime, decided not to bend — and to resist. So this ...

This golden apple didn’t fall too far from the tree at the 2025 Oscars. And the weight of the film’s three nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best International Feature Film ...

Sweet Justice? To understand why Torres’ Oscar chances have ignited excitement in Brazil, one must first look to her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, 95, who appears as an aging Eunice Paiva in the ...

Fernanda Torres is following in the footsteps of her beloved mother, Fernanda Montenegro, at the Academy Awards tonight. Nominated for Best Actress, Torres becomes just the second Brazilian ...

Brazilian movie "I'm Still Here", set against the backdrop of the military dictatorship and recounting the true story of a mother of five whose husband disappears, made history on Sunday by earning ...

To understand why Torres’ Oscar chances have ignited excitement in Brazil, one must first look to her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, 95, who appears as an aging Eunice Paiva in the film’s final ...