Maria Lucrécia Eunice Facciolla Paiva (November 7, 1929 – December 13, 2018) was a Brazilian lawyer and activist of the anti-military dictatorship movement in Brazil.

Jan 7, 2025 · Much of her work had been devoted to indigenous rights, but her lifelong pursuit of justice was personal: her former husband and Marcelo’s father, Rubens Paiva, an engineer and former congressman,...

Maria Lucrécia Eunice Facciolla Paiva (São Paulo, 7 de novembro de 1929 – São Paulo, 13 de dezembro de 2018) foi uma advogada e símbolo da luta contra a ditadura militar no Brasil. Trabalhou ativamente pelos direitos humanos dos desaparecidos durante a ditadura civil militar e seus familiares e pela causa indígena .

Dec 13, 2018 · Mulher de Rubens Paiva, ex-deputado cassado em 1964 e desaparecido após ser preso, torturado e assassinado pela ditadura militar no Rio de Janeiro no início de 1971, Eunice lutou pela busca por informações do paradeiro do marido.

5 days ago · Paiva earned a law degree and became a human rights activist before her death in 2018. Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage , one of the German leftist playwright’s most provocative dramas, could make a fitting brand name for Eunice as well, despite the differences between Brecht’s emblematic anti-heroine—a war scavenger—and the righteous ...

Jan 30, 2025 · In the real-life story of “I’m Still Here,” Eunice Paiva must find a new way to live after her family is separated during the Brazilian dictatorship in the 1970s. For Walter Salles, directing joy onscreen flows so naturally it’s almost documentary-like.

Jan 3, 2025 · In I’m Still Here, Torres plays Eunice Paiva, a mother of five and wife to former Brazilian congressman Rubens Paiva. When Rubens is “disappeared” by the Brazilian regime, during the country ...

Jan 4, 2025 · The film, written and directed by Walter Salles, tells the true story of Eunice Paiva, a mother of five who lost her husband under the tyranny of the Duarte...

Dec 3, 2024 · The Brazilian director explains the power and persistence of Eunice Paiva, who fought against a murderous regime in the 1970s.

It stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva, a mother and activist coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil. [4]