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Central Station
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8.1An 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.
Released: 1998-04-03111 minDir: Walter SallesDramaBudget: $2.9MBox office: $5.6M
Cast
- Fernanda Montenegro as Isadora 'Dora' Teixeira
- Vinícius de Oliveira as Josué Fontenele de Paiva
- Marília Pêra as Irene
- Othon Bastos as César
- Otávio Augusto as Pedrão
- Matheus Nachtergaele as Isaías Paiva
Themes
- rio de janeiro
- letter
- wilderness
- teacher
- orphan
- railroad
- alcoholic
- missing parent
- long lost relative
- realism
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Ratings
IMDb
8/10
50,302 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
80/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 44 wins & 26 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 731937
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/central-station
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- publication date
- 1998-11-20
- title
- Central do Brasil
- review score
- 80/100
- capital cost
- 2900000
- box office
- 22000000
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Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film
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Portuguese
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Categories
1990s drama road movies1990s Portuguese-language films1998 Brazilian films1998 drama films1998 films1998 French films1998 independent filmsBest Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award winnersBest Foreign Language Film Golden Globe winnersBest Picture APCA Award winnersBrazilian drama filmsBrazilian independent filmsFilms about educatorsFilms about letters (message)Films directed by Walter SallesFilms produced by Robert RedfordFilms scored by Antônio PintoFilms scored by Stewart CopelandFilms set in Rio de Janeiro (city)Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city)French drama road moviesFrench independent filmsGolden Bear winnersMiramax films