Central Station
Bitter former schoolteacher Dora writes letters for illiterate people in Rio de Janeiro’s main railway station. One day, the son of one of her clients is left alone when his mother is killed in an accident. Reluctantly taking him in, Dora joins the boy on a road trip to find his long-missing father.
Festivals & awards
Berlin International Film Festival 1998: Golden Bear, Silver Bear (Fernanda Montenegro), Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Acdamey Awards 1999: Nominee Best Actress, Best Foreign Language Film
Credits
Original Title
Central do Brasil
Title
Central Station
Directed by
Walter Salles
Country
Brazil
Year
1998
Screenplay
João Emanuel Carneiro, Marcos Bernstein, Walter Salles
Film Editing
Felipe Lacerda, Isabelle Rathery
Soundtrack
Jaques Morelenbaum, Antonio Pinto
Cinematography
Walter Carvalho
Sound
Jean-Claude Brisson
Costumes
Marta Macedo
Production Design
Mônica Costa, Zé Luca
Production
Arthur Cohn, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Robert Redford
Runtime
113 min.
Language
Portuguese
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