Central do Brasil
Central Station
Directed by
1998
A careworn former teacher who writes letters for illiterate people in the main train station in Rio de Janeiro meets a nine-year-old boy who becomes a half-orphan after the death of his mother. An initially suspicious and tense relationship develops between the two of them, which only relaxes on the journey to the north of the country, where the boy hopes to find his father. (filmdienst)
Dora, a retired school-teacher, grows in humanity as she hesitantly, but surely, accepts responsibility for an orphaned nine-year-old boy. With a very simple story we are introduced to wonderfully textured characters that encourage their nation of Brazil to journey towards compassion.