Othon Bastos

Wanted for killing his boss, Manuel and his wife flee to a primordial violent region in Glauber Rocha's masterpiece and banner film of Brazil's Cinema Novo movement.

Dora, a former teacher, earns money writing letters for illiterate people in Rio de Janeiro’s Central Station. One day she meets Josué, a nine-year-old boy whose mother requests Dora’s services so he can be reunited with his lost father. After the mother tragically dies, Dora reluctantly begins a journey with Josué across northern Brazil to find his family, gradually developing an unlikely bond.

She teaches him to play piano. He teaches her to ride a bike. Together, they might just learn what true love really means — and what it takes to find it.