Summaries

The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Dora, a dour old woman who hates customers and calls them 'trash,' works at a Rio de Janeiro central station writing and mailing letters for customers. Josue is a 9-year-old boy who never met his father. His mother is sending letters to his father through Dora. When she dies in a car accident, Dora takes Josue on a trip to find his father.—Anonymous

Dora, a retired teacher, spends her days in Rio De Janeiro's Central Station writing, for a fee, letters for illiterate people. One of her customers is killed in an accident, leaving her 9-year-old son Josue to fend for himself. Dora decides to help Josue find a home but this will involve much more than she imagined.—grantss

Dora, a retired teacher who earns money by writing letters for illiterate people in Rio de Janeiro's Central Station, reluctantly goes on a journey through the interior of Brasil to reunite the recently orphan Josué and the father he has never met, after his mother dies being hit by a car.—Nathália

The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people at Rio de Janeiro's central station, Central do Brasil; and a young boy whose mother has just died in a car accident, to Brazil's remote Northeast to search for the father he never knew.—Fabio Ornelas <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • train
  • teacher
  • truck
  • brazil
  • toilet
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Apr 2, 1998
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Brazil France
Official sites Official site
Language Portuguese
Filming locations Central do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Production companies Audiovisual Development Bureau, Ministerio da Cultura BEI Comunicações Bahiatursa

Box office

Budget $2900000
Gross US & Canada $5969553
Opening weekend US & Canada $35708
Gross worldwide $5971073

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 50m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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