Foreign Brazilian, SubtitlesExcellent and powerfully sensitive film about a relationship between a lost young boy and older women who has become hardened to the difficult life of the lower/lower middle class in Rio.
Story is overlayed with a insightful portrait of the average persons' life in the poverty of the real Brazil. Terrific cinematography and score. Nominated for a foreign film Academy Award. DVD includes extensive comments by director and producer of film . . . which can be listened to after movie is finished.
From Netflix: Dora (Fernanda Montenegro), who writes letters for illiterate people at Rio de Janeiro's central railroad station, feels compelled to help 9-year-old Josué (Vinicius De Oliveira) locate his estranged father after the child's mother dies in a car accident. This Oscar-nominated drama follows the interplay between Dora and the boy during their journey to Brazil's remote Northeast region, their bond growing ever stronger with each mile logged.
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