Central Station
Central do Brasil, feature film, 1998
DIRECTED BY: Walter Salles
CAST:
Fernanda Montenegro (Dora),
Marília Pęra (Irene),
Vinícius de Oliveira (Josué),
Soia Lira (Ana),
Matheus Nachtergaele (Isaías)
SCRIPT:
Marcos Bernstein,
Joăo Emanuel Carneiro,
Walter Salles
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Walter Carvalho
Synopsis:
Dora is a bitter former teacher who earns a living at the main train station in Rio De Janeiro writing letters for illiterate people for a small fee. Josué is a boy who lost his mother in an accident and decides to find his father whom he has never met. Dora, who had written some letters from the deceased mother to the boy’s father, decides to help Josué in his search…
digital, color, 112 min