At Rio de Janeiro's Central Station, cynical former schoolteacher Dora spends her days writing letters for illiterate strangers. When a young boy, Josue, is suddenly left orphaned, she reluctantly embarks on a journey across Brazil to reunite him with his estranged father, gradually forming an unexpected bond along the way.
Winner of the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, Walter Salles's internationally acclaimed drama 'Central do Brasil' is a powerful and deeply human road movie. Fernanda Montenegro's luminous performance grounds a tender narrative that contrasts urban hardship with rural warmth, marking the film as a modern classic that helped revive Brazilian cinema on the global stage.