MOVIE · 1998

Central Station

Drama113 min

At Rio de Janeiro’s Central Station, Dora writes letters for people who can’t read or write, turning strangers’ lives into transactions until one customer dies and leaves her young son alone. Fernanda Montenegro’s Dora reluctantly takes up the boy’s search for the father he has never met, traveling across Brazil with Josué (Vinícius de Oliveira) as their uneasy partnership shifts from mistrust to dependence. Walter Salles keeps the story close to crowded platforms, roadside towns, and small exchanges, following a former teacher and a 10-year-old as they move through a country that feels both vast and intimate.