I’m still there wins the Oscar for the best international film, Emilia Pérez beaten

Thirty-two years later IndochinaFrance will still not bring the Oscar for the best international film at home. The statuette was blown to him by the Brazilian drama I’m still therein the nose and the beard ofEmilia Pérezwhich no doubt pays the controversy of the tweets of Karla Sofià Gàscon.

The film by Walter Salles Chronicle The Destiny of a family torn apart by the Brazilian military dictatorship and follows the existential fight of the lawyer and activist Eunice Paiva whose husband disappears under the military regime which dominated the country from 1964 to 1985.

I’m still there award Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard, The seeds of the wild fig Germany, Flow (Latvia) and The young woman with a needle (Denmark).

Walter Salles delivered a cautious speech. The one who had denounced the rise of dictatorships in the specialized press was content to pay tribute to the figure that inspired the film: “This award is awarded to an Eunice Paiva woman who, after mourning under an authoritarian diet”. He also praised the two actresses who give life to this heroine: Fernanda Torres, named in the best actress category, and her mother Fernanda Montenegro. Two legends of Brazilian cinema.