Central Station is a fairly simple story with some very complex emotional content. Isadora is a retired schoolteacher who makes money writing letters for other people in the central train station of Rio. One day a woman writes a letter to the father of her son saying that the boy wants to see him. Minutes later she is run over by a bus leaving the boy, Josue an orphan.
Josue continues to live in the station, stealing what he needs to eat. At first neither Isadora nor Josue wants anything to do with the other, but their mutual need brings them together. Eventually the two set out to find Josue's father in a far off town. On the way Isadora (who is also an orphan), and Josue deal with their abandonment issues and slowly form a bond.
The thing about Central Station is that there is something very real about it. The film shows life as harsh and unpredictable, but it also shows how adaptable humans are.
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