'I'm still here' has the highest grossing premiere of Latin American production in the United Kingdom

The good reception continues towards the acclaimed original title film I'm still here (Title in our market I'm still hereand international title I’m Still Here), being the most recent market to debut it, that of the United Kingdom.

It is precisely where I'm still here Break record as the film with the best premiere of a Latin American production in the United Kingdomwith a box office of £ 486,391 pounds, which translates to $ 616,000 US dollars (FDA via).

The political biographical drama starring FERNANDA TORRESis nominated for three Oscar awards, including best film, best leading actress and best international film. This Sunday, March 2, all the winners of the 97th edition of the Oscars will be known.

The eyes of the Latin American audience are posed on I'm still hereand its star, Torres, the favorite of many to raise the coveted golden statuette. As curiouswe share that Torres He is just the second Brazilian actress to be nominated in the best actress category in the Oscar. The first was Fernanda Montenegro (by Central do Brasil in 1999). Montenegro is Torres's mother.

Fully entering the plot of I'm still herethe biographical film directed by Walter Sallesit focuses on Eunice Paiva, a woman and mother forced to reinvent himself when her family's life is destroyed by an act of arbitrary violence after her husband's capture, Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) during the growing control of a military dictatorship in Brazil, in 1971.

The character of Eunice Paiva is played by Torres and his mother, Montenegro, in different stages of his life.

The script written by MURILO HAUSER y Heitor Loregais based on the homonymous bestseller book by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, son of Eunice and Rubens.

The film celebrated its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2024, starting its solid tour of the festivals circuitaccumulating the applause and recognition of the industry for its moving and raw story, and a Exceptional interpretation of Torres. Subsequently, one of the 5 best international films of 2024 was chosen by the National Board of Review.

In the Golden Globes 2025, Torres won the prize for the best actress in drama film for his work in I'm still herefilm that has been nominated in the category for Best International Film – or its equivalent – in Galas such as the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Bafta, and the Óscar. With his best film nomination at the Oscar, he became the first Brazilian production to be nominated in the largest category of the Academy Award.

Shortly after its premiere in Brazil, on November 7, 2024, it was the target of an unsuccessful boycott by the extreme Brazilian right, which denies that the regime was a dictatorship. In Brazil, the launch of Sony Pictures accumulates more than $ 27 million, against a budget of $ 1.5 million, Breaking record as the highest grossing film in Brazil from the pandemic.