CENTRAL DO BRASIL (Original title)CENTRAL STATION (Alternative title)ESTACION CENTRAL (Alternative title)
Date: 1998 (Copyright)Countries: Brazil, France, Spain, JapanDirector: Walter Salles
Production company billing: ©1998. Videofilmes/Mact Productions Martine and Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre/Jack Gajos/Elisa Tolomelli present a co-production Videofilmes/Mact Productions/Riofilme with the participation of Canal +/The French Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Sogepaq with the support of the Sundance Institute and of N.H.K. a film by Walter Salles this film was produced with the support of The Brazilian Ministry of Culture through the Audiovisual Development Bureau, and The Rouanet Law for Cultural Tax Incentives co-produced and concluded with funds from Rio de Janeiro City Hall, and The Municipal Bureau of Culture, through Riofilme institutional support from São Paulo City Hall - law 10923/90 [logo] Dolby in selected theatres In Colour GC: Super35 [2.35:1] Subtitles
Synopsis: Dora is a letter-writer-for-hire in Rio de Janeiro's main railway station. A poor boy, who wanted Dora to send a letter to his absent father, is approached by Dora, initially for money. However, Dora becomes more and more interested in the boy and goes with him in search of his missing father.Synopsis: Drama about a lonely and embittered ex-teacher who scrapes a meagre living by writing letters for the poor and illiterate in Rio de Janeiro's main railway station. After one of her customers is killed outside the station, she reluctantly becomes involved in helping the woman's young son to search for his long-lost father.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1998not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 110 mins
Date: 1998 (Copyright)Countries: Brazil, France, Spain, JapanDirector: Walter Salles
Production company billing: ©1998. Videofilmes/Mact Productions Martine and Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre/Jack Gajos/Elisa Tolomelli present a co-production Videofilmes/Mact Productions/Riofilme with the participation of Canal +/The French Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Sogepaq with the support of the Sundance Institute and of N.H.K. a film by Walter Salles this film was produced with the support of The Brazilian Ministry of Culture through the Audiovisual Development Bureau, and The Rouanet Law for Cultural Tax Incentives co-produced and concluded with funds from Rio de Janeiro City Hall, and The Municipal Bureau of Culture, through Riofilme institutional support from São Paulo City Hall - law 10923/90 [logo] Dolby in selected theatres In Colour GC: Super35 [2.35:1] Subtitles
Synopsis: Dora is a letter-writer-for-hire in Rio de Janeiro's main railway station. A poor boy, who wanted Dora to send a letter to his absent father, is approached by Dora, initially for money. However, Dora becomes more and more interested in the boy and goes with him in search of his missing father.Synopsis: Drama about a lonely and embittered ex-teacher who scrapes a meagre living by writing letters for the poor and illiterate in Rio de Janeiro's main railway station. After one of her customers is killed outside the station, she reluctantly becomes involved in helping the woman's young son to search for his long-lost father.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1998not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 110 mins
Credits
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©: VideoFilmes, MACT Productions, Co-production: VideoFilmes, Co-production: MACT Productions, RioFilme, With the participation of: Canal+, With the participation of: Ministère Français de la Culture, With the participation of: Ministère Français des Relations Extérieures, Sogepaq, With the support of: Sundance Institute, Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Executive Producer: Elisa Tolomelli, Executive Producer: Lillian Birnbaum, Executive Producer: Don Ranvaud, Executive Producer: Thomas Garvin, Producer: Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Producer: Arthur Cohn, Associate Producer: Paulo Brito, Associate Producer: Jack Gajos, France Production Administration: Jacques Dubecq, Production Manager: Marcelo Torres, Production Manager: Afonso Coaracy, Production Co-ordinator: Beto Bruno, Location Manager: Selma Santos, Pernambuco Art Researcher: Almir de Azevêdo, 1st Assistant Director: Kátia Lund, 2nd Assistant Director: Sérgio Machado, 2nd Assistant Director: João Emanuel Carneiro, Vinícius Coimbra, Northeast Script Supervisor: Adelina Pontual, Casting: Sérgio Machado, Casting (Rio, Children): Denise del Cueto, Casting (Northeast): José Bello, Screenplay: João Emanuel Carneiro, Screenplay: Marcos Bernstein, Based on the original idea by: Walter Salles, Director of Photography: Walter Carvalho, Editor: Isabelle Rathéry, Editor: Felipe Lacerda, Production Designer: Cássio Amarante, Production Designer: Carla Caffé, Costumes: Cristina Camargo, Make-up: Antoine Garabedian, Titles: Arane, Colour Timer: Yvan Lucas, Laboratory: Éclair, Music: Antônio Pinto, Music: Jacques Morelenbaum, Musician (Cello): Jacques Morelenbaum, Musician (Piano): Edu Morelenbaum, Antônio Pinto, Musician (Percussion): Marcos Suzano, Musician (Rebec): Siba, Musician (AcGuitar/Viola/Mandolin/Strgs): Luiz Brasil, Musician (Viola): Marie Christine S. Bessler, Musician (Violin): João Daltro de Almeida, Musician (Violin): Giancarlo Pareschi, Bernardo Bessler, Musician (Cello): Marcio Eymard Malard, Musician (Double Bass): Denner de Castro Campolina, Musician (Violin): Ricardo Amado da Silva, Michel Bessler, Musician (Violin, String Arrangements): Paschoal Perrotta Cordas, Musician (Cello): Jorge Kundert Ranevsky, Musician (Viola): Jesuína Noronha Passaroto, Musician (Violin): José Alves da Silva, Walter Hack, [Music] Recording Studio: Discover Digital Studio, [Music] Mixing Studio: Estudio Mega Indie Records, Sound: Jean-Claude Brisson, Sound: François Groult, Sound: Bruno Tarrière, Sound: Waldir Xavier, Sound (Additional): Mark A. van der Willigen, Boom Operator: Fernando Augusto Duca, Sound Editor: Waldir Xavier, Foley Artist: François Lepeuple, Foley Artist: Olivier Marlangeon
Cast
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Fernanda Montenegro (Dora), Marilia Pêra (Irene), Vinícius de Oliveira (Josué), Sôia Lira (Ana), Othon Bastos (César), Otavie Augusto (Pedrao), Stela Freitas (Yolanda), Matheus Nachtergaele (Isaias), Caio Junqueira (Moisés), Maria do Socorro Nobre (1st letter, Rio), Manoel Gomes (2nd letter, Rio), Roberto Andrade (3rd letter, Rio), Sheyla Kenia (4th letter, Rio), Malcon Soares (5th letter, Rio), Maria Fernandes (6th letter, Rio), Maria Marlene (7th letter, Rio), Chrisanto Camargo (8th letter, Rio), Jorsebá-Sebastião Oliveira (9th letter, Rio), Sidney Antunes (religious man, station), José Pedro da Costa Filho (stall owner), Esperança Motta (young prostitute, letter Rio), Marcelo Carneiro (thief), Manula-Manuel José Neves (Walkman owner), Preto de Linha (shoeshine man), Mário Mendes (João, Yolanda's husband), Gildásio Leite (man on bus), Sõnia Leite (woman on bus 1), Estelina Moreira da Silva (woman on bus 2), Zezão Pereira (bus driver), Felícia de Castro (cashier), Harildo Deda (Bené), Marcos de Lima (Bené's son), Maria Menezes (waitress), Telma Cunha (lipstick woman), José Ramos (pilgrims' driver), Dona Luzia (pilgrim singing in truck), Bertho Filho (pilgrim 1), Edivaldo Lima (Jessé's son), Antonieta Noronha (Violeta), Rita Assemany (Maria, Jessé's wife), Gideon Rosa (Jessé), Dona Severina (pilgrim praying 1), João Rodrigues (pilgrim praying 2), Nanego Lira (preacher, northeast), Antônio Marcos (singer), Iami Rebouças (woman in photograph), João Braz (photo stall owner), Antõnio dos Santos (1st letter, northeast), Patrícia Brás (2nd letter, northeast), Ingrid Trigueiro (3rd letter, northeast), Inaldo Santana (4th letter, northeast), José Pereira da Silva (5th letter, northeast), Eliane Silva (6th letter, northeast), Cícero Santos (7th letter, northeast), Andréa Albuquerque (8th letter, northeast), Everaldo Pontes (9th letter, northeast), Diogo Lopes Filho (cashier), Fernando Fulco (F-street man)