The Brazil movie Central Station is about a woman named Dora who takes in a 9 year old boy named Josue to help pursue looking for his father. In the film Dora is a former teacher who works at Rio de Janeiro Central Station writing letters for people who can’t read. Watching the movie you can tell that Dora does not like any of her customers. Dora doesn’t even send her customers letters out. She even went as far as throwing the letters out. Josue ends up meeting Dora because his mother send a letter to his father through Dora but she ends up dying in a car accident. 
     The boy is homeless and Dora initially tries to take him and sell him. She eventually decides to try and take Josue by his father’s house in a city called Nordeste to leave him there. Throughout the film numerous bad things happen to Dora and Josue. One example of this is in the film when Dora tries to leave Josue and he followed her but lost his sack with all their money in it on the bus. As the movie progresses you can tell that the relationship between Dora and the boy have grown. Eventually Dora and Josue end up finding Josue’s long lost half brothers Isaias and Moises. When Josue asked of where his father was they told him that he went back to Rio to look for Josue’s mom and him. The movie ends with Dora leaving for Central Station and Josue waking up too late to stop her. 
     I think that this film has a very strong and powerful message to send to people. I think that the theme of this film is to never give up hope. When some people are down in life they sometimes give up because things can be overwhelming. In the film Josue and Dora never gave up their goal on finding Josue’s dad. Although they did not find his father they were able to find Josue’s long lost brothers. In conclusion, I really enjoyed watching this foreign language film. This film has been one of my favorite films to watch in class because it teaches you a lot doing things for others than yourself. I really can’t say that I didn’t enjoy any parts of this movie because it kept me entertained from beginning to end. Although Josue did not find his father I believe that the movie had a very strong and powerful ending to make the viewer want more to watch. I would definitely recommend friends and other people to watch this film because it can teach you a lot in a short period of time.