After a notable passage at 15e La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, then at the Pessac International Historical Film Festival, I’m still here, the new film by Brazilian director Walter Salles, stops at the Katorza cinema in Nantes for a preview. We owe him previously Central to Bresil, Golden Bear in Berlin in 1999 and the Golden Globe for best foreign language film.
Furthermore, the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres has just won, on Monday January 6, the Golden Globe for best actress for her performance in I’m still here.
The fierce fight led by the mother and her five children
-In the Rio of the 1970s, under the military dictatorship, the Paiva family lives happy days. Until the day when Rubens, the father of the family, is arrested by men of the regime, before disappearing without a trace. The film tells the story of the fierce fight led by Eunice, the mother, and her five children to find the truth. The Katorza welcomes one of the protagonists of the film, the own daughter of Rubens and Eunice Paiva, Nalu Paiva, for an exchange with the Nantes spectators.
Tuesday January 14, at 8:30 p.m., at Katorza, 3, rue Corneille, in Nantes. Price: €9.70 (under 26: €6.80). www.nantes.katorza.fr