Movie·1998·1h 51m
Central Station
Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves
Country
Brazil
Language
Portuguese
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Central do Brasil
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Written By
João Emanuel Carneiro, Marcos Bernstein
Producer
Walter Salles, Thomas Garvin
Cinematography
Walter Carvalho
Music
Antonio Pinto
Editor
Isabelle Rathery
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
1,043 votes
Where to watch
Region: USBuy
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// cast
Cast
Fernanda Montenegro
Isadora 'Dora' Teixeira
Vinícius de Oliveira
Josué Fontenele de Paiva
Marília Pêra
Irene
Othon Bastos
César
Otávio Augusto
Pedrão
Matheus Nachtergaele
Isaías Paiva
Caio Junqueira
Moisés Paiva
Stela Freitas
Yolanda
Maria Menezes
Waitress
Sergio Kato
Dora's Client
Soia Lira
Ana Fontenele
Rita Assemany
Jessé's Wife
Harildo Déda
Bené
Gildásio Leite
Man on the bus
Nanego Lira
Nordeste preacher
José Pereira da Silva
Dora's Client
Everaldo Pontes
Dora's Client
Inaldo Santana
Dora's Client
// crew
Crew
Walter Salles
Screenplay, Director, Producer
João Emanuel Carneiro
Screenplay
Antonio Pinto
Original Music Composer
Thomas Garvin
Executive Producer
Walter Carvalho
Director of Photography
Marcos Bernstein
Screenplay
Isabelle Rathery
Editor
Felipe Lacerda
Editor
Elisa Tolomelli
Executive Producer
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Donald Ranvaud
Executive Producer
Jaques Morelenbaum
Original Music Composer
Lillian Birnbaum
Executive Producer
Jack Gajos
Producer
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