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 MOVIE REVIEW. The boy and his mother are in Rio de Janeiro, when she is struck down by a bus, and he is left alone to search for the father who abandoned him.
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Apartment, The (1960) HighlightsMOVIE REVIEW: Central Station -- Loners young and old MOVIE REVIEW Central Station Loners young and old By Roy Rodenstein STAFF REPORTER Directed by Walter Salles Jr. Written by Marcos Bernstein, Joao Emanuel Carneiro, Walter Salles Jr. With Fernanda Montenegro, Marilia Pera, Vinicius de Oliveira Central Station is a small story of a woman and a boy, whose lives harbor a great void. The woman leads a routine and cynical life, working for the post office in Rio’s Central Station and taking the standing-room-only train home to her empty Apartment. The boy and his mother are in Rio de Janeiro, when she is struck down by a bus, and he is left alone to search for the father who abandoned him. Does this set-up sound predictable and manipulative? It is, but it’s easily one of the best shamelessly manipulative movies I have ever seen. The woman is Dora, played by Fernanda Montenegro in a performance that has garnered several awards and nominations. Dora is a post-office cler...
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1. "The woman leads a routine and cynical life, working for the post office in Rio’s Central Station and taking the standing-room-only train home to her empty apartment."
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