On March 2, 2025 a 60 Minutes broadcast a segment called, "Death Flight" - a story about Argentina in the 1970s where political prisoners were murdered by flying over the Atlantic Ocean and dropping them 10 thousand feet from a plane - to make sure that they were never found. The movie "I'm Still Here", one of this year's 10 Academy Award-nominated films, is about a similar dictatorship in Brazil in the 1970s where the government arrested people for no reason, held them prisoner for years, or murdered them, including the method of dropping them into the Atlantic Ocean.
I'm Still Here is about a family living in Argentina in the 1970s when one day, the Argentina goverment walked into their house and arrested the father, Rubens Paiva, played by Selton Mello, for no reason, lying to the family telling them they were just going to question him and Rubens would be back soon. The family never saw Rubens again. A few days later the Argentinan government arrested Rubens wife Eunice Paiva, played by Fernanda Torres, and questioned her in prison for weeks, they were eventually returned. The rest of this story is about the family trying to find out, for many years, what happened to Rubens Paiva, that at times can seem rather boring. The acting is outstanding with Fernanda Torres receiving a best actress Oscar nomination and the film receiving the Best International Film Oscar.
The Rotten Tomatoes ratings of 97% is too high, with my rating at 85% and a solid recommendation.
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