| Central Station Review |
| by Greg King |
| CENTRAL STATION (M).
(Dendy Films)
Director: Walter Salles
Stars: Fernanda Montenegro, Vincinius De Oliviera, Marila Pera, Soia Lira
Running time: 110 minutes
(Spanish, with English subtitles).
At heart, Central Station (Central do Brasil) is a road...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| But all this changes for Dora when through circumstances she is forced to
be responsible for Josue, a young boy whose mother is killed in the street
in front of the station. more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| CENTRAL STATION (director: Walter Salles; cast: Fernanda Montenegro
(Dora), Marilia Pera (Irene), Vinicius de Oliveira (Josue), Soia Lira
(Ana) and Othon Bastos (Cesar), 1998-Brazil) more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: A retired teacher who works in Rio's
Central Station and boy who has lost his mother
become mismatched travel companions on a
bittersweet journey through rural Brazil. That
they should go...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Kleszczewski, Nicholas |
| Dora (Fernanda Montenegro) sits behind a make-shift desk at Rio+s major
train station. She, in her colorful demeanor, offers a service that is
unheard of in the States. She writes letters for the illiterate, who
pass through, to try to find lost...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| With the exception of the Akira Kurosawa classic "Throne Of
Blood", I had never seen a foreign language film until "Central
Station". Reading subtitles while trying to watch the facial
expressions, set details, and technical aspects of a movie is...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| 1998 was an extraordinary year for foreign films that made a big splash
in North America. Roberto Benigni's 'Life is Beautiful' was the first
film in almost thirty years (since Costa-Gavras' 'Z' from Algeria in
1969) to be nominated for a Best Foreign...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "CENTRAL STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Academy Award nominee from Brazil for Best Foreign
Language film and Best Actress, Fernanda Montenegro, this superb film
transcends words and culture. It's the tale of a...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Edwin Jahiel |
| CENTRAL STATION (Central do Brazil) (Brazil-France, 1998) *** 1/2
Directed by Walter Salles, Jr. Written by Joao Emanuel Carneiro and Marcos
Bernstein, based on an idea by Salles. Photography, Walter Carvalho.
Editing, Isabelle Rathery, Felipe...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Joy Wyse |
| Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Vinisius de Oliveira, Marilia Pera,
Soia Lira, Othon Bastos, Otavio Augusto, Stela Freitas,
Matheus Nachtergale, Caio Junqueria more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Dora, an ex-elementary schoolteacher, spends her time now running a scam
in Rio de Janeiro's central train station. Poor, illiterate people in
the movie CENTRAL STATION (CENTRAL DO BRASIL) pay her to write letters
for them. She doesn't just take...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| By all outward appearances, this Brazilian drama is a standard road
movie--and to a certain extent, it is. Central Station in Rio is what
brings together the film's unlikely traveling duo: Dora (Fernanda
Montenegro), former schoolteacher, now...more |
| Central Station Review |
| by Louis Proyect |
| To help make ends meet, retired schoolteacher Dora (Fernanda
Montenegro) works as a letter-writer in Rio de Janeiro's Central
Station. Illiterate working people approach her table and dictate
letters to lovers and family members, which she transcribes....more |
