Central Station
Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves
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.
- Director
- Walter Salles
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $6M
Who's in it
Cast
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13 billed performers
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What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
Central Station returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $6M
- Release date
- Apr 3, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Brazil, France
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