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Central Station

Central Station

Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves

1998•1h 50m•8.1/10
Drama

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8.1/10(1K)

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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Production

MACT Productions, VideoFilmes, RioFilme

Language

PT

Status

Released

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Cast

Fernanda Montenegro

Fernanda Montenegro

Isadora "Dora" Teixeira

Vinícius de Oliveira

Vinícius de Oliveira

Josué Fontenele de Paiva

Marília Pêra

Marília Pêra

Irene

Othon Bastos

Othon Bastos

César

Otávio Augusto

Otávio Augusto

Pedrão

Matheus Nachtergaele

Matheus Nachtergaele

Isaías Paiva

Caio Junqueira

Caio Junqueira

Moisés Paiva

Stela Freitas

Stela Freitas

Yolanda

Maria Menezes

Maria Menezes

Waitress

Sergio Kato

Dora's Client

Soia Lira

Soia Lira

Ana Fontenele

Rita Assemany

Rita Assemany

Jessé's Wife

Harildo Déda

Bené

Gildásio Leite

Man on the bus

Nanego Lira

Nanego Lira

Nordeste preacher

José Pereira da Silva

Dora's Client

Everaldo Pontes

Everaldo Pontes

Dora's Client

Inaldo Santana

Dora's Client

Gideon Rosa

Jessé

Antonieta Noronha

Antonieta Noronha

Violeta

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