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Central Station (Portuguese: Central do Brasil) is a 1998 road drama film directed by Walter Salles and starring Fernanda Montenegro, Marília Pêra and Vinícius de Oliveira.
Nov 20, 1998 · Central Station: Directed by Walter Salles. With Fernanda Montenegro, Marília Pêra, Vinícius de Oliveira, Soia Lira. The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
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- Drama
- Walter Salles
- 1998-11-20
Oct 5, 2020 · for educational purpose
- 110 min
Bitter former schoolteacher Dora (Fernanda Montenegro) supports herself by taking dictation from illiterate people in Rio de Janeiro who want to write letters to their families and then pocketing...
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- Fernanda Montenegro
- Walter Salles
- Drama
The tone of life in Rio de Janeiro is established in an early scene in Walter Salles ' "Central Station," as a train pulls alongside the platform and passengers crawl through the windows to grab seats ahead of the people who enter through the doors.
In Rio's bustling Central Station, a boy and a retired school teacher form an uncommon bond when they journey from the city to Brazil's barren region in search of the boy's father.
The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people at Rio de Janeiro's central station, Central do Brasil; and a young boy whose mother has just died in a car accident, to Brazil's remote Northeast to search for the father he never knew.
