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