Apr 03, 1998
110 min
Full-HD

Central Station (1998)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Brazil France

Companies

MACT Productions Riofilm VideoFilmes

Fernanda Montenegro

Isadora "Dora" Teixeira

Vinícius de Oliveira

Josué Fontenele de Paiva

Marília Pêra

Irene

Othon Bastos

César

Otávio Augusto

Pedrão

Matheus Nachtergaele

Isaías Paiva

Caio Junqueira

Moisés Paiva

Stela Freitas

Yolanda

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