1998 · drama
Central Station
Directed by Walter Salles1h 51m1998
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.
Our read: Central Station (1998) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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How Central Station feels to watch.
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