Dora, a retired school-teacher, grows in humanity as she hesitantly, but surely, accepts responsibility for an orphaned nine-year-old boy. With a very simple story we are introduced to wonderfully textured characters that encourage their nation of Brazil to journey towards compassion.
48th International Film Festival Berlin
11.02.1998 to 22.02.1998
Berlin
Awards
Central Station
Directed by:
1998
Directed by:
1997
In „Cinema Alcazar“, an abandoned cinema has become the home of an abandoned grandmother, symbolic of the whole Nicaraguan people. We commend Florence Jaugey for presenting this film with such limited resources, itself a symbol of continuing life amidst great human hardship.
Directed by:
1997
In this impressive portrait of an unemployed New Yorker, a woman becomes more and more alienated and finally expires in her loneliness. Told without indulgence or melodrama, the film follows the desperate search for love and company in a large city.
Homesick Eyes
Directed by:
1997
„Homesick Eyes“ provides a human face to economic migration – individuals have left their homes in Thailand and the Philippines for temporary work positions in Taiwan. While providing their families with necessary support, they experience great loneliness and deep longing for home. However, the sources of joy that make life in such conditions bearable are also revealed.
