Central Station

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Central Station is a 1998 Brazilian drama film by Walter Salles that follows the emotional journey of a retired schoolteacher and a young boy traveling across Brazil in search of his father.

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instanceOf Brazilian film
drama film
film
alsoKnownAs Central do Brasil
linked to: SuperVia
awardReceived Golden Bear
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
basedInPartOn social realities of contemporary Brazil
cinematography Walter Carvalho
countryOfOrigin Brazil
director Walter Salles
distributedBy Sony Pictures Classics
editedBy Isabel Telles Ribeiro
filmingLocation Northeastern Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
genre drama
road movie
hasTheme loneliness
redemption
search for identity
surrogate family
mainCharacter Dora
Josué
linked to: Joshua
musicBy Antonio Pinto
Jaques Morelenbaum
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
notableFor Fernanda Montenegro's acclaimed performance
revitalizing international interest in Brazilian cinema in the late 1990s
originalLanguage Portuguese
plotSummary A retired schoolteacher and a young boy travel across Brazil in search of the boy's father.
producer Arthur Cohn
Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre
Walter Salles
productionCompany MACT Productions
VideoFilmes
releaseEvent 48th Berlin International Film Festival
releaseYear 1998
runtimeMinutes 110
setIn Brazil
starring Fernanda Montenegro
Vinícius de Oliveira
writer João Emanuel Carneiro
Marcos Bernstein
Walter Salles

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Walter Salles directed Central Station
Fernanda Montenegro notableWork Central Station
Walter Salles notableWork Central Station
subject linked to: Salles