SAO PAULO, — As the long-awaited Oscar nominations were released Thursday, Brazilians rejoiced on social media and celebrated every mention of “I’m Still Here” — three in total.
Directed by Brazilian Walter Salles and co-produced with France, the film received nominations for Best Picture, Best International Feature and Best Actress for Fernanda Torres.
According to cinema experts, the joint nomination in the two top film categories is unprecedented for Brazil, and increases the chances of an award. This is the first time that a Brazilian film in which the actors speak only Portuguese has been nominated for Best Picture, the most important award of the Oscars.
Carlos Augusto Calil, film producer and president of the council at the Cinemateca, said, “It’s a good sign. ‘I’m Still Here’ is competing with films from around the world as well as films from non-English speaking countries.” Brasileira, the organization responsible for preserving and promoting Brazilian audiovisual production.
In 1986, the Brazil-USA co-production “Kiss of the Spider Woman” was nominated for Best Picture as well as Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director for Hector Babenco, and Best Actor, for which William Hurt received the award. found.
“But it was spoken in English,” said Andre Sturm, filmmaker and director of the Museum of Image and Sound. “It’s historic to have a Portuguese-language film in the Oscars’ top category.”
Torres, nominated for Best Actress, said in a post on Instagram that she was proud to see the Brazilian story “making sense in the world.”
“I’m Still Here” tells the story of Eunice Paiva, a mother of five, who struggles to discover the truth about her husband’s disappearance and rebuild her life during the military dictatorship in Brazil.
Torres said, “The fact that our film was nominated not only for foreign language film, but also for best film of the year, is unimaginable.”
Other films nominated for both best picture and best international feature film at the Oscars in recent years include “Parasite” in 2020 and “The Zone of Interest” in 2024, which won in at least one category.
However, “I’m Still Here” is not given awards, especially considering that the France-Mexico co-production “Emilia Pérez” is also in the running for the Best Picture and Best International Feature Oscars out of its total of 14 nominations. .
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