Tilda Swinton, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie… These actresses were all nominated in the category, but only one won the precious prize: Fernanda Torres. Still unknown in France, her name will go around the world thanks to the award for best dramatic actress that she has just received, highlighting a dazzling performance in the film Walter Salles, I’m still here (which will be released on January 15 in French cinemas). This story closely follows the life of the Paiva family in Brazil in the 1970s, then under military dictatorship. The small group leads a peaceful daily life when Rubens, the father, is arrested by the authorities. His wife Eunice, played by Fernanda Torreswill do anything to find him. A true historical testimony, I’m still here reveals a brilliant actress. Portrait.
The game in the skin
Acting seems to run in the family Torres. When Fernanda Torres was born in 1965, in Brazil, his mother, Fernanda Montenegro is already an illustrious actress. Famous in South America, she won the Oscar for best actress in 1999 for her role in Central Station of Walter Salles – an industry first. His father, Fernando Torresis also an actor. So, Fernanda Torres began working in the theater at the age of 13, a passion that she kept all her life. At 16, she made her film debut in Innocence of Walter Lima Jr. and marks the revival of the Brazilian seventh art shortly after the end of the dictatorship of White Castle.
In 1995, she appeared in front of the camera of Walter Sallesby stepping into the shoes of Alex, a young waitress in the film distant land. In In Magazinethe actress confides in her meeting with the filmmaker, a long-time friend: “This film was formative for us. Walter discovered what kind of director he was. I discovered that improvisation could be a way of writing. He did Central Station with my mother and the film won the Oscar for best foreign language film in 1999. In I’m Still Here, we are all together again: Walter, my mother, me. It’s very touching.”
