Central Station

Apr 3, 1998

1h 51m

★ 8.1

Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

MACT Productions

VideoFilmes

RioFilme

Central Station Trailers

Cast

Isadora "Dora" Teixeira

Fernanda Montenegro

Josué Fontenele de Paiva

Vinícius de Oliveira

Irene

Marília Pêra

César

Othon Bastos

Pedrão

Otávio Augusto

Isaías Paiva

Matheus Nachtergaele

Moisés Paiva

Caio Junqueira

Yolanda

Stela Freitas

Waitress

Maria Menezes

Dora's Client

Sergio Kato

Ana Fontenele

Soia Lira

Jessé's Wife

Rita Assemany

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