What is Central Station about?

Central Station (1998) — Dora, a dour old woman who hates customers and calls them 'trash,' works at a Rio de Janeiro central station writing and mailing letters for customers. Josue is a 9-year-old boy who never met his father. His mother is sending letters to his father through Dora. When she dies in a

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What is Central Station (1998) about? Plot, synopsis and ending explained

1998 Brazilian comedy-drama road movie by Walter Salles

Central Station (Portuguese: Central Do Brasil) is a 1998 comedy-drama road movie directed by Walter Salles from a screenplay by João Emanuel Carneiro and Marcos Bernstein, based on an original idea by Salles. It stars Fernanda Montenegro, Marília Pêra and Vinícius de Oliveira. The film tells the story of a young boy's friendship with a jaded middle-aged woman.

Central Station premiered in Switzerland on 16 January 1998, in Brazil on 3 April, and in France on 2 December. The film received widespread critical acclaim, with Montenegro's performance earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (becoming the first Brazilian actor to ever be nominated in the lead actress category on both awards), while the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and the Golden Bear at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted Central Station the 11th greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.

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