Last night I went to see some friends again. Fortunately these friends live in Groningen, so I could bike there. We had dinner and we watched a film. I wanted to write a review, since I thought it was a very good one. The story is set in Brasil, and revolves around an old spinster who earns her living writing letters for illiterate people. Her life will take a dramatic change when she meets a boy and his mother who want to write his father. The son wants to see him. So when the whole story hits close to home to her, she gets more involved with the events following than she actually wants.

It’s a beautiful picture. I liked the cinematography and especially the psychological side. The characters develop during the story and in this way the storyteller gives a beautiful, sometimes gruesome insight in human nature, in Brasilian society and a bit into the way religion is experienced too. The actor being casted for the character of the boy was actually a boy working on a railway station to shine shoes and was casted in favour of lots of (professional) actors.

The film made me feel like I actually was in Brasil. I loved how it literally breathed Brasilian culture, I so want to visit the place once in my life! Hugely recommending this movie.

References:

• Central do Brasil’s page on IMDB
• Link for the DVD (Amazon)

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