I am still here

 

I'm Still Here also gives a face to the horrors of the military regime, which lasted from 1964 to 1985, for new generations. However, not everyone in Brazil is cheering when the film is released. The radical right is even boycotting the film. Several social media accounts are calling on people not to watch the film, because it allegedly incorrectly portrays the military dictatorship. Such positions are not surprising, since the radical right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro is regularly critical of Rubens Paiva. The former soldier even claims that Paiva was not murdered by the military dictatorship. Bolsonaro himself is now being prosecuted for a possible coup attempt after losing the elections in 2022. This also makes I'm Still Here relevant as a historical portrait. The boycott of the radical right is of no avail. I'm Still Here is the most visited film in Brazil since the corona pandemic.