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Central Station (1998)

Poster for Central Station

Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves

An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Cast & Crew

Director
Walter Salles
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    Isadora "Dora" Teixeira Fernanda Montenegro
  • Profile picture of Vinícius de Oliveira
    Josué Fontenele de Paiva Vinícius de Oliveira
  • Profile picture of Marília Pêra
    Irene Marília Pêra
  • Profile picture of Othon Bastos
    César Othon Bastos
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    Pedrão Otávio Augusto
  • Profile picture of Matheus Nachtergaele
    Isaías Paiva Matheus Nachtergaele
  • Profile picture of Caio Junqueira
    Moisés Paiva Caio Junqueira
  • Profile picture of Stela Freitas
    Yolanda Stela Freitas

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Keywords

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  • letter
  • wilderness
  • teacher
  • orphan
  • railroad
  • alcoholic
  • missing parent
  • long lost relative
  • realism
  • child trafficking
  • death of parent
  • road movie
  • bus station
  • lost child
  • candid
  • unwanted child
  • truck stop
  • woman and child
  • lonely woman
  • train station
  • admiring
  • child sees mother die
  • letter writer