Release Year - 1998
Country - Brazil
Genres - Drama
IMDB pageA Very Special Emotional Experience
"An odyssey of simple problems, simple emotional discoveries, [and] a relationship full of knots" - Richard Schickel
"Bravura performance by the Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro" - Janet Maslin , NYT
Synopsis : An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who write letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, in search for the father he never knew.
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. She hates customers and calls them 'trash'. 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 car accident, Dora takes Josue and takes a trip with him to find his father.
The film's title in Portuguese, Central do Brasil, is the name of Rio de Janeiro's main railway station.
Awards
Special Mention - Rated by ~20k users on IMDb
"Bravura performance by the Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro" - Janet Maslin , NYT
Synopsis : An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who write letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, in search for the father he never knew.
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. She hates customers and calls them 'trash'. 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 car accident, Dora takes Josue and takes a trip with him to find his father.
The film's title in Portuguese, Central do Brasil, is the name of Rio de Janeiro's main railway station.
Awards
- 2 Oscar Nominations - Best Foreign Film , Best Actress
- BAFTA - Won for Best Film Not in the English Language
- Berlin International Film Festival - Won Golden Bear, Silver Bear for Best Actress, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Golden Globe - Won for Best Foreign Language Film
- Cesar Awards - Nomination for Best Foreign film
- National Board of Review - Won Best Foreign film , Best Actress
Special Mention - Rated by ~20k users on IMDb
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