Shown: January 15, 2018 at 6pm
Director : Walter Salles
Country : Brazil
Release Date : 1998
Duration : 113 mins
Language : Portuguese
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : GOLDEN BEAR AT 1998 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER : BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM AT 1998 GOLDEN GLOBES
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.
“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)