| Central Station (Central do Brasil) |
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Directed by Walter Salles, Brazil 1998 WINNER : GOLDEN BEAR AT 1998 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL WINNER : BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM AT 1998 GOLDEN GLOBES |
| Summary: |
| Dora is a former school teacher who makes a living by writing letters for illiterate people passing through Rio de Janeiro's Central Station. Among her clients are Ana and her nine-year-old son Josué, who has a fierce desire to meet his father, whom he has never seen. Dora has become stoically indifferent to her charge, choosing arbitrarily to send some letters and discard others. A sudden accident leaves Josué orphaned at the station and this is when Dora's life begins to change dramatically. Swayed by a curiously maternal compassion, Dora commits to returning Josué to his father in Brazil's remote Northeast. |
| What the Critics say: |
| "Salles directs simply and watchfully, with an eye that seems to penetrate all the characters who are encountered on Dora's and Josué's journey." (Janet Maslin - New York Times) |