In a phone call, Lula congratulates Walter Salles: "you cleansed the soul of the Brazilian people" (video)
According to Lula, the film made "history" and is "a source of pride for Brazil."
247 - The President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, congratulated director Walter Salles and the team of the film I Am Still Here for winning the unprecedented Oscar for Best International Film, which was awarded last Sunday (2). According to Lula, the film made “history” and is “a source of pride for Brazil”.
“We don’t have much to say when we realize that a Brazilian is capable of excelling in an art that, until now, it seemed to me that only Americans were winning. So, I want to tell you that it was a golden night,” said the president, in a video posted on social media this Tuesday (4).
