Central Station
Central do Brasil
1998 · 1h 51m · Drama · Brazil, France · Rated 15A (IE)
Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves
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.
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Walter Salles8.0Smart score
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