Central Station
(Central do Brasil)

Dora, an ex-teacher, earns a living writing letters for the illiterate. She sets up shop every morning in the hall at Rio de Janeiro station and waits for customers to come her way.
Suddenly Dora’s life changes dramatically when a woman for whom she has just written a letter is the victim of a fatal accident occuring right in front of Dora’s eyes. The letter was addressed to the customer’s husband, who had left her. She wanted to persuade him to meet her again and be introduced to his son…