Central do Brasil
Synopsis
Dora, an ex-schoolmistress, has fallen on hard times and is now a public letter-writer at Rio Central Station. Ana and Josué, her son, are two of Dora’s clients. Josué has never seen his father and is hoping to trace him through the mails. Back home, Dora and her neighbor Irene go through the letters she wrote and choose their fate. Some she mails, others she simply throws away. Most, including Josué’s, end up in a drawer. Then Ana and Josué come to see Dora to send another letter. As they leave, Ana is hit by a bus and dies. At first Dora is unmoved by the boy’s distress, but finally she decides to help him find his dad.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : MACT Productions
- Foreign production companies : Riofilme, Videofilmes Distribuidora
- Film exports/foreign sales : Miramax Films
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre
- Screenwriters : Marcos Bernstein, Walter Salles, Joao Emanuel Carneiro
- Director of Photography : Walter Carvalho
- Music Composers : Antonio Pinto, Jaques Morelembaum
- Editors : Isabelle Rathery, Felipe Lacerda
- Sound recordists : Jean-Claude Brisson, François Groult, Bruno Tarrière
- Costume designer : Cristina Camargo
- Press Attaché (film) : André-Paul Ricci
- Production Designers : Cassio Amarante, Carla Caffe
- French Distributor : Stéphane Célérier
- Still Photographer : Ricardo Sa
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Social comedy
- Production language : Portuguese
- Coproducer countries : Brazil, France
- Original French-language productions : No
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French-speaking Switzerland
News & awards
News (2)
Selections (5)
Academy Awards
United States, 1999
Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Nomination for Best Actress in Leading Role : Fernanda Montenegro
BAFTA
Great Britain, 1999
Best Film not in the English language
Awards (3)
BAFTA
Great Britain, 1999
Best Foreign Film
Berlin International Film Festival
Germany, 1998
Ecumenical Jury Prize
Silver Bear for Best Actress : Fernanda Montenegro
About
I was told the plot of ‘Central do Brasil’ in a café on Rue de Fleurus one day. The film was made thanks to Nathalie Bloch-Lainé from Canal Plus and Frédéric Mitterrand from the Sud Fund, without whose help it could never have existed. (Martine de Clermont Tonnerre)
