10 Sep 2004
Land of Plenty
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
Central Station
Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves
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.
Top Billed Cast
Fernanda Montenegro Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
Vinícius de Oliveira Josué Fontenele de Paiva
Marília Pêra Irene
Othon Bastos César
Otávio Augusto Pedrão
Matheus Nachtergaele Isaías Paiva
Caio Junqueira Moisés Paiva
Stella Freitas Yolanda
Maria Menezes Waitress
Sergio Kato Dora's Client
Soia Lira Ana Fontenele
Rita Assemany Jessé's Wife
Harildo Déda Bené
Gildásio Leite Man on the bus
Nanego Lira Nordeste preacher
Everaldo Pontes Dora's Client
Inaldo Santana Dora's Client
Gideon Rosa Jessé
Antonieta Noronha Violeta
Socorro Nobre Dora's Client
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