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‘I’m Still Here’ Director Walter Salles Says Quiet Inner Strength Can Knock Down Dictatorships

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A Brazilian human rights activist battles a dictatorship and pursues justice for her disappeared husband in Walter Salles' powerful new film.
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  • Eunice Paiva, the film's real-life subject, became a lawyer after her husband Rubens was disappeared by the Brazilian government in 1971.
  • Salles says the film's quiet depiction of inner strength can inspire people to knock down even the most oppressive dictatorships.
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Eunice Paiva, Rubens, Brazilian dictatorship, I'm Still Here
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