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Central Station

starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinícius de Oliveira, Marília Pêra, Soia Lira, Othon Bastos
directed by: Walter Salles

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767835169
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767835166
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 13, 1999
Running Time: 113 minutes
Sales Rank: 12349
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: November 20, 1998



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Product Description:
A moving tale of the human spirit concerning an orphaned boy befriended by a lonely and cynical woman. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/24/2008 Starring: Fernanda Montenegro Marilia Pera Run time: 106 minutes Rating: R Director: Walter Salles

Amazon.com:
In the opening scenes of Central Station, colorful crowds of Brazilians stream into and out of a Rio de Janeiro train, pushing through doors and windows. You're immediately pulled into the brutal vitality of a nation in motion, setting the tone for a picturesque road movie that charts Brazil's renaissance in a little boy's search for his father and an old woman's emotional reawakening. When we first meet Dora (Fernanda Montenegro), this frozen-hearted, sour-faced woman is the epitome of immobility: day after day, she sits in the train station selling her letter-writing skills to all comers, but often doesn't bother to mail these precious messages. When a woman who's paid Dora to write a pleading note to her son's long-missing dad gets run over by a bus, the child, Josue (Vinicius de Oliveira), is up for grabs. (The summary execution of a thieving street kid--in longshot--underscores the seriousness of this waif's plight.) After an abortive attempt to sell Josue for a new TV, the aspiring couch potato finds herself reluctantly propelled into an occasionally Fellini-esque odyssey through the hinterlands of Brazil's sertäo, where Dora and her sidekick find unexpected faith and family. Former documentary filmmaker Walter Salles (Foreign Land) mixes magic with realism in his appreciation of striking faces and places, but Central Station is primarily fueled by the tough/tender performances of Montenegro, Brazil's Judy Dench, and de Oliveira, an airport shoeshine boy Salles cast over 1,500 other hopefuls. (Montenegro was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and Central Station was in the running for Best Foreign Language Film.) No cloyingly cute child-star, de Oliveira plays Josue as a bracingly idiosyncratic brat. And watching Dora's face and soul slowly, unwillingly unclench as she gets back in motion--and emotion--is potent pleasure, even if Salles's trip does dead-end in soap opera as his Brazilian pilgrim's progress winds down. --Kathleen Murphy



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Incredible Journey
I watched "Central Station" last night with no real concept of what the movie was about. I just knew ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Finding lost souls...
Young Brazilian boy (Josue) yearns to meet his father who left his Mother shortly after he was born. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Central Station
Central Station is an amazing movie! The two main characters are easy to love and to hate. If you have ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My favourite film - beyond outstanding!!!
I saw this film at the Astor in Melbourne a number of years ago - a grand art deco art-house theatre with ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Memorable and meaningful journey
Central Station is a wonderful and emotional film. An aging teacher, Dora, now works in the bustling Central ... Read More

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