Fernanda Torres Tears Up Over Jennifer Lopez's 'I'm Still Here' Praise at Taormina Festival
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Updated · Variety · Jun 11
Fernanda Torres Tears Up Over Jennifer Lopez's 'I'm Still Here' Praise at Taormina Festival
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jun 11
Summary
Taormina Film Festival honoree Fernanda Torres grew emotional after watching Jennifer Lopez describe “I’m Still Here” as a film that “healed” her during her divorce from Ben Affleck.
Lopez, speaking on Brett Goldstein’s podcast, said she watched the film with her family around Christmas while thinking about her children, and that it changed how she saw the world.
Torres said the response captured Walter Salles’s achievement: a political story rooted in family, memory and a mother raising five children, with appeal beyond ideology or nationality.
The moment extended the film’s unusually long afterglow nearly two years after its Venice premiere, as Torres received a Taormina achievement award and credited the drama for much of her recognition.
Torres said she has now come down from the “I’m Still Here” whirlwind and is moving to two new projects: Andrucha Waddington’s “Os Corretores” and Bárbara Paz’s “Cuddle” with Willem Dafoe.