Overview:
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.| Original Title: | Central do Brasil |
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| Status: | Released (1998-04-03) |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 44 wins & 26 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $5,969,553 |
| Screen: | Marcos Bernstein, João Emanuel Carneiro, Walter Salles |
| Productions: | MACT Productions, Riofilm, VideoFilmes |
| Production Countries: | Brazil, France |
| Spoken Languages: | Português |
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Casts
- 10055: Fernanda Montenegro - Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
- 10059: Vinícius de Oliveira - Josué Fontenele de Paiva
- 10057: Marília Pêra - Irene
- 10061: Othon Bastos - César
- 10062: Otávio Augusto - Pedrão
- 8600: Matheus Nachtergaele - Isaías Paiva
- 52584: Caio Junqueira - Moisés Paiva
Crews
- 10038: Walter Carvalho - Director of Photography - Camera
- 10043: Cassio Amarante - Production Design - Art
- 10030: Marcos Bernstein - Screenplay - Writing
- 10031: João Emanuel Carneiro - Screenplay - Writing
- 8564: Elisa Tolomelli - Executive Producer - Production
- 8571: Donald Ranvaud - Executive Producer - Production
- 10048: Mônica Costa - Set Designer - Art
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Reviews
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Review text:
“Dora” (Fernanda Montenegro) used to be a school teacher, but now she sits at a table in the station in Rio de Janeiro and writes letters for the illiterate traveller for a few réals a time. She thinks little of a woman and her young son who stop by, except perhaps that he isn’t the ....
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