Central Station (film)

Central Station Portuguese Central do Brasil is a 1998 BrazilianFrench drama film set in Brazil. It tells the story of a young boys friendship with a jaded middleaged woman. The film was adapted by Joo Emanuel Carneiro and Marcos Bernstein from a story by Walter Salles, who directed it. It features Fernanda Montenegro and Vincius de Oliveira in the major roles. The films title in Portuguese is the name of Rio de Janeiros main railway station. Montenegros performance earned her critical acclaim and an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination, becoming the first Latin American actress to be nominated in that category. The film itself was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Dora is initially reluctant to be responsible for the boy, but ends up deciding to take a trip with him to Northeast Brazil in order to find his fathers house and leave him there.Dora tries to leave Josu on the bus, but he follows her, forgetting his backpack containing Doras money. Penniless, they are picked up by a kind, Evangelical truck driver who abandons them when Dora encourages him to drink beer and then grows too friendly. Dora trades her watch for a ride to Bom Jesus do Norte. They find his fathers address in Bom Jesus, but the current residents say that Jesus won a house in the lottery, and now lives in the new settlements, adding that he lost the house and money through drinking. With no money, Josu saves them from destitution by suggesting Dora write letters for the pilgrims who have arrived in Bom Jesus for a massive pilgrimage. This time she posts the letters. ........

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