Central do Brasil
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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Central do Brasil
1998
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Dakshina
Duration: 2 h 18 m | 1994
A story about the life of a teacher who always preaches his students to be a good person in life.
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