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.
Acting
Fernanda Montenegro's face does 4 Oscar speeches worth of work
Direction
Salles makes bus stations feel like churches
Cinematography
Sertão landscapes that swallow characters whole
Director
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro
Isadora 'Dora' Teixeira
Vinícius de Oliveira
Josué Fontenele de Paiva
Marília Pêra
Irene
Othon Bastos
César
Otávio Augusto
Pedrão
Matheus Nachtergaele
Isaías Paiva
Caio Junqueira
Moisés Paiva
Stela Freitas
Yolanda
Maria Menezes
Waitress
Soia Lira
Ana Fontenele
Rita Assemany
Jessé's Wife
Harildo Déda
Bené
Nanego Lira
Nordeste preacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vinícius de Oliveira was a real shoe-shine boy Salles discovered at an airport; Montenegro is the only Brazilian woman ever Oscar-nominated for Best Actress.
The film revived Brazilian cinema's 'retomada' after decades of military censorship, making Central Station a symbol of national artistic rebirth.
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