Central Station
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Walter Salles
Fernanda Montenegro
Marilia Pera
Vinicius De Oliveira
Soia Lira
Othon Bastos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A lonely former schoolteacher, Dora, ekes out a living writing and mailing letters for illiterate passersby in Rio's Central Station. Dora's lonely existence is shattered when one of her clients, a young mother is killed outside the station--her child, Josue, is left behind, devastated. Coming to terms with the fact that Josue is now homeless and with nowhere to go, the cynical Dora takes it upon herself to care for the woman's orphaned young son. Resisting her initial impulse to make a quick profit off the child, Dora commits to returning him to his father in Brazil's remote Northeast. As buses and trucks carry the motley pair through the increasingly unfamiliar terrain, Dora and Josue defy their initial aversion to each other, journeying closer together and deeper inside themsleves. The trip becomes a quest for their own identities: one boy's search for his father; and one woman's search for her heart.
Director
Walter Salles
Cast
Fernanda Montenegro
Marilia Pera
Vinicius De Oliveira
Soia Lira
Othon Bastos
Otavio Augusto
Stela Freitas
Matheus Nachtergaele
Caio Junqueira
Socorro Nobre
Manoel Gomes
Roberto Andrade
Sheyla Kenia
Malcon Soares
Maria Fernandes
Maria Marlene
Chrisanto Camargo
Jorseba-sebastiao Oliveira
Sidney Antunes
Jose Pedro Da Costa Filho
Esperanca Motta
Marcelo Carneiro
Manula-manuel Jose Neves
Preto De Linha
Mario Mendes
Gildasio Leite
Sonia Leite
Estelina Moreira Da Silva
Zezao Pereira
Felicia De Castro
Harildo Deda
Marcos De Lima
Maria Menezes
Telma Cunha
Jose Ramos
Dona Luzia
Bertho Filho
Edivaldo Lima
Antonieta Noronha
Rita Assemany
Gideon Rosa
Dona Severina
Joao Rodrigues
Nanego Lira
Antonio Marcos
Iami Reboucas
Joao Braz
Antonio Dos Santos
Patricia Bras
Ingrid Trigueiro
Inaldo Santana
Jose Pereira Da Silva
Eliane Silva
Cicero Santos
Andrea Albuquerque
Everaldo Pontes
Diogo Lopes Filho
Fernando Fulco
Antonio Pinto
Jacques Morelenbaum
Edu Morelenbaum
Marcos Suzano
Joao Daltro De Almeida
Giancarlo Pareschi
Bernardo Bessler
Marcio Eymard Malardo
Ricardo Amado Da Silva
Michel Bessler
Jorge Kundert Ranevsky
Jose Alves Da Silva
Walter Hack
Crew
Cassio Amarante
Jose Bello
Marcos Bernstein
Marie Christine S Bessler
Fauzi Beydoun
Lillian Birnbaum
Luiz Brasil
Jean-claude Brisson
Paulo Brito
Beto Bruno
Carla Caffe
Cristina Camargo
Joao Emanuel Carneiro
Joao Emanuel Carneiro
Walter Carvalho
Chico Cesar
Chico Cesar
Alfonso Coaracy
Arthur Cohn
Vinicius Coimbra
Paschoal Perrotta Cordas
Almir De Azevedo
Denner De Castro Campolina
Martine De Clermont-tonnerre
Denise Del Cueto
Zeze Di Camargo E Luciano
Jack Gajos
Antoine Garabedian
Thomas Garvin
François Groult
Felipe Lacerda
Fatima Leao
Francois Lepeuple
Katia Lund
Sergio Machado
Sergio Machado
Olivier Marlangeon
Jacques Morelenbaum
Alexandre Neto
Jesuina Noronha Passaroto
Antonio Pinto
Adelina Pontual
Donald K Ranvaud
Isabelle Rathery
Walter Salles
Selma Santos
Bruno Tarriere
Elisa Tolomelli
Marcelo Torres
Mark Van Der Willigen
Xavier Waldir
Xavier Waldir
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Actress
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
The Country of Brazil
Nominated for the 1999 David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film.
Co-winner of the 1998 award for Best Actress (Fernanda Montenegro), shared with Ally Sheedy ("High Art"), from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winner of audience award for most popular film and youth jury prize at the 1998 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Winner of the 1998 Golden Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture - Foreign from the International Press Academy.
Winner of the Golden Bear for best film, the Silver Bear for best actress (Fernanda Montenegro) and the Ecumenical Prize at the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival.
Winner of two 1998 awards, including Best Foreign Film and Best Actress (Fernanda Montenegro) from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Winner of two awards at the 1998 Havana Film Festival, including Special Judges Prize and Best Actress (Fernanda Montenegro).
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1998
Released in United States November 25, 1998
Released in United States on Video May 25, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States January 1998
Released in United States February 1998
Released in United States August 1998
Released in United States September 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States December 1998
Released in United States January 1999
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 28 - November 15, 1998.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Gala) September 26 - October 12, 1998.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 11-22, 1998.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 5-15, 1998.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi-opening day) September 17-26, 1998.
Shown at Viennale International Film Festival in Vienna October 16-28, 1998.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (closing night) October 8-18, 1998.
Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at Havana Film Festival (in competition) December 1-11, 1998.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-18, 1999.
Miramax reportedly paid $1.2 million for distribution rights to Latin America, United Kingdom, Africa, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Netherlands, Greece and the Middle East.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired domestic distribution rights at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.
Awarded the Cinema 100 Prize granted by the Sundance Institute and Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK).
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1998 (NY)
Released in United States November 25, 1998 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video May 25, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 28 - November 15, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Gala) September 26 - October 12, 1998.)
Released in United States January 1998 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 15-25, 1998.)
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 11-22, 1998.)
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival August 5-15, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-7, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Viennale International Film Festival in Vienna October 16-28, 1998.)
Released in United States December 1998 (Shown at Havana Film Festival (in competition) December 1-11, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (closing night) October 8-18, 1998.)
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-18, 1999.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi-opening day) September 17-26, 1998.)
