The director of ‘I’m Still Here,’ heir to the founder of the largest bank in Brazil, boasts a distinguished career, numerous ...
The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and ...
Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.
Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here scooped the Best International Feature Film Oscar, marking the first time that an entry from ...
Directed by Walter Salles from a screenplay by Murilo Hauser ... the win and the celebration spilt over to the country’s famous Carnival samba parades as Torres turned into the Carnival muse.
I’m Still Here, Walter Salles’ drama set during Brazil’s two-decade military dictatorship that ended in 1985, was nominated for the international prize as well as two others.
Rio de Janeiro held the first day of its famous Carnival samba parades Sunday -- with many attendees also eying activities ...
Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here scooped the Best ... but of its sunlight, its carnival spirit and the delicious blue of the sea that rolls onto Rio de Janeiro’s broad beaches.” ...