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Central Station (1998)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:12

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8/10

Consensus: Director Salles transcends road-movie clichés and crafts a film that is as moving as it is universal.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Fernanda Montenegro's affecting performance, nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, is the centerpiece in this acclaimed Brazilian film. In the bustling heart of Rio de Janeiro, a young boy witnesses... Fernanda Montenegro's affecting performance, nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, is the centerpiece in this acclaimed Brazilian film. In the bustling heart of Rio de Janeiro, a young boy witnesses the accidental death of his mother. When a lonely, retired schoolteacher (Montenegro) reluctantly agrees to care for the boy, they begin a journey across the countryside on which they learn valuable lessons about each other and the human spirit. [More]

Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinicius De Oliveira, Marília Pêra

Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinicius De Oliveira, Marília Pêra

Director: Walter Salles

Director: Walter Salles
Screenwriter: Joao Emanuel Carneiro, Marcus Bernstein
Producer: Arthur Cohn, Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre
Composer: Antonio Pinto, Jaques Morelembaum

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As beautiful as it is wrenching.

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Fernanda Montenegro gives a landmark performance in the Brazilian film Central Station.

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Central Station is both literate and emotionally-powerful -- an increasingly rare combination.

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James Berardinelli
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Salles directs simply and watchfully, with an eye that seems to penetrate all the characters who are encountered on Dora's and Josue's journey.

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What gives the film its strength is that cutting away the first layer only reveals more levels of toughness; it takes time to discover the pure soul beneath.

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Lucy Mohl
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A richly tender and moving experience.

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It'll probably work better if you're not terribly familiar with the movies that inspired it.

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its blatantly manipulative pairing of an adorable young boy and a selfish, honesty-challenged older woman ... so calculating that I could never get emotionally involved.

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[Salles'] imagery, like his storytelling, is clear, often unaffectedly lovely, and quietly, powerfully haunting.

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The movie's success rests largely on the shoulders of Fernanda Montenegro, an actress who successfully defeats any temptation to allow sentimentality to wreck her relationship with the child.

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