Category:

Arts and Culture

Event Details:

Sunday 6 April 2025, 3:30 pm
Rainbow Cinemas, Northumberland Mall

Synopsis

A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family's life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil, 1971.

One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil's newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, told nothing more than that he must give a "deposition" to authorities, and disappeared. Adapted from his son Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir, this overwhelming, richly realized political drama from Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries) stays tightly wedded to the perspective of Rubens's wife, Eunice (a shattering Fernanda Torres), whose indefatigable search for the truth about her husband would stretch out for decades. A devastating true story, I'm Still Here is exhilarating in its portrayal of human tenacity in the face of injustice.

Director: Walter Salles
Cast: Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello, Fernanda Montenegro
Running time: 138 minutes
Country/Language: Brazil/Portuguese
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG13

Winner of Oscar for Best International Feature Film

Review by John Odette

After the violent 1964 coup d’état in Brazil led to the instillation of an oppressive regime that lasted decades, citizens deemed dissidents were routinely kidnapped, some never being seen again. The film I’m Still Here by director Walter Salles deeply explores these actions and their effects on one family. This true story, adapted from the 2015 book Ainda Estou Aqui, shows a family ruptured and a mother committed to preserving her family and her life-long pursuit of the truth and closure.

Availability and Prices - Winter 2025

Singles: $10 -  Outlets (below) carry series tickets and tickets for "next" film.  Singles for all films are available at NFS Table at Mall at foot of the escalator.

Packages: $45 - ticket outlet sales available until 4 January or at NFS table at Mall on 5 January.

Note: All Tickets are sold as General Admission - more choices for seating are available for early arrivals.

Sales are cash only.

Sales Locations

Table at the Mall
As usual, tickets for all movies will be available starting an hour before the movie starts - that's at 2:30 pm on Movie Sundays.
Cash and cheque only please. 

Ticket Outlets (Cash only)

Cobourg

Rainbow Cinemas Box Office - at any time box office is open - Packages only

Readers' Nook 29 King Street West, Cobourg
Open 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday

Port Hope
Bibelot
56 Walton Street, Port Hope 905-885-9682
Open seven days a week
Monday through Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday - 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Event Location:

Rainbow Cinemas, Northumberland Mall

Name of Event Organizer:

Jody and Ken Forsyth