I'm Still Here is based on a memoir, Ainda Estou Aqu (meaning I'm still here), by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Eunice Paiva's son, who began writing it while his mother was going through Alzheimer's disease. But before that, she became a symbol for fighting against dictatorship.

SAO PAULO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Brazilian movie "I'm Still Here", set against ... that play her in the movie, Fernanda Torres and her mother Fernanda Montenegro. "I think it's not a film that ...

Brazilian political drama I’m Still Here ... Set during and after the military dictatorship in Brazil, the film tells the story of Eunice Paiva (played in the film by Fernanda Montenegro ...