Central do Brasil
Paese d'origine: Brazil France
Genere: Drama
Lingue: Portuguese
Plot: Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. She hates customers and calls them 'trash'. Josue is a 9-year-old boy who never met his father. His mother is sending letters to his father through Dora. When she dies in a car accident, Dora takes Josue and takes a trip with him to find his father. An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who write letters for illiterate people at Rio de Janeiro's central station, Central do Brasil; and a young boy, whose mother has just died in a car accident, to Brazil's remote Northeast, in search for the father he never knew.
Visti censura internazionale: Hong Kong:IIA USA:R Brazil:Livre Germany:6 Australia:M Netherlands:12 Portugal:M/12 Sweden:11 Argentina:13 Switzerland:12 Switzerland:12 Finland:K-12/9 France:U UK:15
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Argentina:4 March 1999 |
| Australia:1 April 1999 |
| Austria:25 December 1998 |
| Belgium:9 December 1998 |
| Brazil:3 April 1998 |
| Colombia:31 March 1999 |
| Czech Republic:13 May 1999 |
| Denmark:10 September 1999 |
| Finland:14 May 1999 |
| France:2 December 1998 |
| Germany:24 December 1998 |
| Hong Kong:7 October 1999 |
| Hungary:8 July 1999 |
| Israel:7 January 1999 |
| Italy:11 December 1998 |
| Japan:23 January 1999 |
| Netherlands:11 March 1999 |
| New Zealand:20 March 1999 |
| Norway:26 February 1999 |
| Poland:24 September 1999 |
| Portugal:14 May 1999 |
| South Korea:27 February 1999 |
| Spain:16 October 1998 |
| Sweden:26 March 1999 |
| Taiwan:13 March 1999 |
| UK:12 March 1999 |
| USA:20 November 1998 |
| Germany:14 February 1998 | (Berlin Film Festival) |
| Switzerland:16 January 1998 | (French speaking region) |
| Switzerland:18 December 1998 | (German speaking region) |
| Argentina:19 November 1998 | (Mar del Plata Film Festival) |
| Argentina:18 February 1999 | (premiere) |
| Iceland:4 September 1999 | (Reykjavik Film Festival) |
| USA:19 January 1998 | (Sundance Film Festival) |
| Canada:13 September 1998 | (Toronto Film Festival) |
| CAM:Moviecam Cameras |
| CAM:Panaflex Cameras |
| LAB:Laboratoires Éclair, Paris, France |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PCS:Super 35 |
| RAT:2.35 : 1 |
| PFM:35 mm | (anamorphic) |
| Dolby |
| Argentina:113 |
| Canada:115 |
| Finland:110 |
| Netherlands:108 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
rcv film distribution
buena vista international
buena vista international
edko film ltd.
gativideo
lusomundo
sony pictures classics
produzione cinematografica: videofilms riofilme mact productions le studio canal+
produttore cinematografico: birnbaum lillian cohn arthur de brito paulo carlos ranvaud donald tolomelli elisa garvin thomas clermont-tonnerre martine de
attore: montenegro fernanda pêra marília oliveira vinícius de lira soia bastos othon augusto otávio freitas stela nachtergaele matheus junqueira caio nobre socorro gomes manoel andrade roberto kenia sheyla soares malcon fernandes maria marlene maria camargo christano oliveira jorseba-sebastiano
direttore della fotografia: carvalho walter
scenografia: amarante cassio caffe carla
montaggio: rathery isabelle lacerda felipe
compositori: morelembaum jacques pinto antonio (ii)
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: bernstein marcos carneiro joão emanuel salles walter
costumi: camargo cristina (i)
produzione cinematografica: videofilms riofilme mact productions le studio canal+
produttore cinematografico: birnbaum lillian cohn arthur de brito paulo carlos ranvaud donald tolomelli elisa garvin thomas clermont-tonnerre martine de
attore: montenegro fernanda pêra marília oliveira vinícius de lira soia bastos othon augusto otávio freitas stela nachtergaele matheus junqueira caio nobre socorro gomes manoel andrade roberto kenia sheyla soares malcon fernandes maria marlene maria camargo christano oliveira jorseba-sebastiano
direttore della fotografia: carvalho walter
scenografia: amarante cassio caffe carla
montaggio: rathery isabelle lacerda felipe
compositori: morelembaum jacques pinto antonio (ii)
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: bernstein marcos carneiro joão emanuel salles walter
costumi: camargo cristina (i)