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  • 1998
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 1998
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m

Summary A young boy's (Oliveira) mother is killed in front of Rio de Janeiro's Central Station. Homeless and with nowhere to turn, he is reluctantly befriended by a lonely and cynical woman (Montenegro). Resisting her initial impulse to make a quick profit off the child, she commits to returning him to his father in Brazil's remote Northeast. T...

Directed By: Walter Salles

Written By: Marcos Bernstein, João Emanuel Carneiro, Walter Salles

  • 1998
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 1998
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 50 m

Central Station

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
80
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 82 User Ratings
8.5
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Summary A young boy's (Oliveira) mother is killed in front of Rio de Janeiro's Central Station. Homeless and with nowhere to turn, he is reluctantly befriended by a lonely and cynical woman (Montenegro). Resisting her initial impulse to make a quick profit off the child, she commits to returning him to his father in Brazil's remote Northeast. T...

Directed By: Walter Salles

Written By: Marcos Bernstein, João Emanuel Carneiro, Walter Salles

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
80
92% Positive
22 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews
80
92% Positive
22 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Fernanda Montenegro gives a landmark performance.
By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW
90
Profoundly affecting.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 82 User Ratings
8.5
87% Positive
71 Ratings
4% Mixed
3 Ratings
10% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 82 User Ratings
8.5
87% Positive
71 Ratings
4% Mixed
3 Ratings
10% Negative
8 Ratings

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10
Caiobarroso
Dec 7, 2019
Um filme muito bem feito e dirigido, a protagonista com uma atuação impecável e perfeita
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10
VictorBueno
Jul 28, 2014
"Central Station" is a masterpiece where Walter Salles joins his great talent as a director perfectly to the excellent script and cast powerful. Film ensures Fernanda Montenegro the title of one of the best performances of world cinema.
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90
But in a calculated move that pays off handsomely, the picture's remarkable power is reserved for the end, when the intertwining themes coalesce in an extraordinarily satisfying and stirring way.
By Jean Oppenheimer FULL REVIEW
80
While the cinematography is gorgeous and the script extremely sharp, Central Station owes much of its strength to its two mismatched leads.
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78
The story is much less about its resolution than the experience along the way. At its best, Central Station is a movie of small textures and fleeting moments, the intangibles that pass between people.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
70
A mildly saccharine but kind-hearted movie.
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40
It's blatantly manipulative pairing of an adorable young boy and a selfish, honesty-challenged older woman [is] so calculating that I could never get emotionally involved.
By Peter Brunette FULL REVIEW
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10
Houldine
Jan 9, 2011
The best brazilian movie of all time and count with the extraordinary performance of Fernanda Montenegro, who should did win Oscar. Simply wonderful!!!
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9
Andremax
Feb 5, 2019
Central Station is clever as a classic book: discusses morality and put observer to think about it.
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9
Iky009
Jan 3, 2014
Outra obra magnífica do cinema brasileiro, uma road movie simplesmente comovente e feito com alta qualidade de seus produtores, com certeza um dos melhor filmes estrangeiros de todos os tempos.
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Production Company Audiovisual Development Bureau, Ministerio da Cultura, BEI Comunicações, Bahiatursa, Canal+, Credicard, Dolby Digital, Fondation de la Poste, Fulmitrens, Lei de Incentivo a Cultura, Ministerio da Cultura, MACT Productions, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International, NAK, Prefeitura Rio Filme, Rainer Artes Gráficas, Rio-Sul Linhas Aéreas, Riofilme, Sagepacq, Secretaria da Cultura e Turismo, Governo da Bahia, Severiano Ribeiro Distribuidora, Sundance Institute, São Paulo City Hall, Telebahia, The Coca-Cola Company, Varig Brasil, VideoFilmes
Release Date Nov 20, 1998
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline He was looking for the father he never knew. She was looking for a second chance.
Website http://www.centraldobrasil.com.br/front.htm
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 7 Wins & 9 Nominations

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