Central Station
★ 8.1 · 1998 · 111m · Drama
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
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Rio Bravo
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Notorious
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Stranger Than Paradise
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