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Movie

Central Station

1998·1h 50m·R
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 8.0/10
50,869 votes
Metascore
80
Metacritic

The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.

Central Station is a 1998 drama movie directed by Walter Salles, starring Fernanda Montenegro, Soia Lira, Vinícius de Oliveira. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.0/10 from 50,869 votes and runs 1h 50m.

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Director
Walter Salles
Stars
Fernanda Montenegro
Soia Lira
Vinícius de Oliveira
Marília Pêra
Details
1998-11-20
110 min
Movie
R
★ Brazil, France
★ Portuguese
Keywords
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