I'm Still Here (2024)

Rio, 1970: a large family enjoys their many friends and their home within walking distance of the beach, but they have to suddenly adapt when the father is taken in for questioning and doesn't come back. With the military refusing to admit that he was ever in custody, Mom has to figure out what to do. 

I am embarrassingly ignorant when it comes to world history and this film didn't go out of its way to hold my hand. Though it did a great job of establishing the family in its happiness, I didn't understand what was going on or why until at least halfway through the movie. Still, the personalities come through and eventually the message does as well -- but it was difficult to become truly immersed without foreknowledge of Brazil's military dictatorship.

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