Ravi Patel

HSS 403-002
Professor Castronova

The film that we viewed this week in class was Central Station. It stars

Fernanda Montenegro who played Dora and Vinicius De Oliveira who played Josue.

After witnessing his mother die, Josue goes to Dora who writes letters at the train

station to make ends meet. Josue and his mother went earlier to write a letter with

her, however, the second time didnt go so great. Josue ran into the street chasing his

toy and his mother followed. Unfortunately her mother is run over by a truck and

dies on the spot. This event leaves Josue homeless and lost. Josue tries to get letters

written to his father using Dora. Dora was mean at first, however, she becomes

different throughout the story due to Josue. The story goes on as an adventure

where Dora and Josue look after one another until the end. At the end Dora leaves

early in the morning realizing her mission has been accomplished.

Ill rate this film a solid 4 out of 5 stars. It was well put and pieced. It grabbed

my attention throughout the film especially in the beginning when Dora was

extremely mean. Dora even sold Josue off for a thousand dollars in the beginning

that she regretted after getting it from her friend Irene that was played by Marilla

Pera. Josue is a fighter in my opinion. Not having met his father in a long time, he

doesnt give up hope on finding him. The position he is sets himself up makes Dora

also tag along in this journey of finding his father. I feel as if the film symbolizes

having faith in other people. I say this because Doras personality changes drastically

in the film due to Josue. She went from throwing the letters she wrote out to actually

mailing them. Dora has a moment of reconciliation when she sees Josue throw the
Ravi Patel
HSS 403-002
Professor Castronova

letters out she wrote at Bom Jesus for the pilgrims. Its like a duckling following a

duck; the duckling will follow and copy what they see the duck do. Its a weird

analogy but it seems correct to me.