Fernanda Torres has the chance to make history at the Oscars. The "I'm Still Here" star would become the first Brazil ian actress to win the best actress award should her name be called on March 2.
Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.
The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, gave Brazil’s first Oscars win on Sunday in the best international film category.
“As the firstborn child of the reluctantly titled ‘Grande Dame of Brazilian Theater,’ Fernanda Montenegro ... Diarlei Rodrigues from Rio de Janeiro and Fernando Crispim from Manaus, Brazil.
"Fernanda Torres' Impersonators", during a pre-Carnival street party where some dressed as Torres' beloved TV characters, in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)