Central Station

About Central Station

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.

Central Station (1998) is a drama film directed by Walter Salles. At 111 minutes long, it arrived in April 1998.

Fernanda Montenegro takes the lead as Isadora 'Dora' Teixeira, Vinícius de Oliveira as Josué Fontenele de Paiva, Marília Pêra as Irene, and Othon Bastos as César. Written by João Emanuel Carneiro and Marcos Bernstein.

Shelv files it under orphan, alcoholic, road movie, and wilderness.

Hugo, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Warrior make useful companions to Central Station, all filed under train station and death of parent. It scores 8.1 out of 10 from 1,091 TMDB voters.