Rio de Janeiro, the disturbing central station, the director repeatedly shows his indifference at the beginning. Fraud, accidents, theft and violence.
In fact, at the beginning, I didn't like either of the two protagonists:
DORA, an old woman, who makes a living by writing letters for others, is indifferent and lacks love, deals with customers casually during the day, and arbitrarily judges and tramples on other people's wishes at night, snobbish and hypocritical, lies Open your mouth to come.
JOSUE, a child, arrogant, neither well-behaved nor innocent enough, always has a very flat expression.
After the uneasy DORA snatched the deceived JOSUE from the traffickers and started an "elopement" for the purpose of finding relatives, the warmth of human nature began to show, and the movie began to look good.
Of course, the search is full of difficulties and complexities. After several twists and turns, the distrust and grievances between the two were gradually eliminated.
Although the lives of the old and the young are far apart, they have similar psychological situations, lacking the love of their father, and no one to care for and take care of.
You can call Central Station a road movie. In fact, many road movies will easily show the human style of the shooting location. In the movie we see Brazil's cities, Brazil's deserts, Brazil's "new countryside". I guess the director seems to be doing some kind of reflection when showing the Brazilian style, and some scenes are full of meaning.
The portrayal of the protagonist and the description of the plot contain many characteristics of South American South American society, including boldness and chaos, generosity and selfishness, optimism and arrogance, indomitable and timid, much like a comment on Rio, an angel and a devil. .
Another thing that can be said is -- the name, the name of the father who is looking for is JESUS. The little boy is called JOSUE, one of his elder brothers is called ISAIAS, and the other elder brother is called MOISES. All the names of biblical characters, JESUS is an alcoholic and irresponsible father who has never been found.
Compared with the violence in front of the Jesus statue at the station, the devout believers who rejected DORA's show of love, and DORA's spinning around in the noisy sacrificial ceremony, it seems that this film is somewhat anti-faith, or it wants to explain the search for faith It needs to go beyond the so-called form and shackles at a higher level.
ps: The poster for this film reads: "A boy is looking for his father, a woman is looking for her refuge, and this country is looking for its home".
The heroine Fernanda Montenegro is Brazil's greatest actress who has won awards at various film festivals such as Moscow and Venice (indeed, she portrays the character of DORA with ease and naturalness, transforming people's emotions from initial disgust to final touching and Identity, very high performance).
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