Nanego Lira

In an isolated fishing village, Esmerina is married to a fisherman and has 26 children. The oldest son secretly desires to leave to see the world beyond the sea. The daily routine of this family is suddenly altered when a mysterious boat runs aground on the beach entering Ana, a girl who survived the shipwreck.

In an arid and poor region of Brazil, bikers search for a miracle to make it rain and save the land, risking their lives.

The Gran Circo Teatro Americano takes its attractions to the northeastern hinterland. In the city of Aracati, the troupe puts on a fun play about the crisis in hell. With a rochamboesque plot and inspired by string literature, the attraction shows the arrival of the bandit Lamparino to hell and how Lucifer participates in international capitalism. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, loves and tragedies move the lives of artists.

Luiz Gonzaga decides to change his destiny and leaves his childhood home for the big city to overcome a romance. When he arrives, he meets a woman he falls in love with, the Odaleia (Nanda Costa). After the birth of his son and his wife's health complications, he decides to return to the road to ensure a better future for his son. He has a friend in Rio de Janeiro and with him leaves the little one and heads to Brazil. He didn't imagine that this distance between them would develop into a complicated relationship, enhanced by the strong personalities of both. Based on conversations between father and son, this is the story of Luiz Gonzaga, a singer and accordion player known as Rei do Baião or Gonzagão.

A countryside man and his fascination with the grandeur of the world and its mysteries. A woman and her long wait.

Paulo is a young and beginner driver who, when taking a trip to work, is faced with a series of situations that will make him reevaluate.

The elderly Perpetua, feeling the approach of death, decides to prepare Zeca, her beloved grandson, to the inevitable. She tells him the story of a king and a queen, a wealthy and powerful couple who lost their only child but wishes to bring him back to life. Meanwhile, Damião e Josefa work hard to support their family and to prepare their daughter Fátima's wedding. At the end, the tale told by Perpétua and the destiny of that family will cross.

글을 모르는 사람들을 대신해 편지를 써주는 것으로 생계를 이어가는 초로의 전직 여교사 도라는 어느 날 안나와 그 아들의 부탁을 받는다. 아버지에게 보낼 편지를 써달라는 부탁을 받고 도라가 잠시 역을 나선 순간 안나가 그만 차에 치여 사망한다. 도라는 갑자기 엄마를 잃은 아이를 어쩌지 못해 아이의 아버지를 찾기 위한 여행을 떠난다. 베를린영화제에서 최우수 작품상과 여우주연상을 받은 작품으로, 월터 살레스는 도라와 아이의 여정을 통해 브라질의 현실을 보여준다. 원주민들의 모습, 순례와 축제, 황량하고 마른 땅과 한없이 뻗은 신작로 등 브라질의 풍광을 배경으로 영화는 도라와 아이 사이에 싹트는 인간에 대한 사랑을 전달한다. 살레스는 반문맹인 여성 장기수와 저명한 조각가 사이에 오랜 세월 주고받은 편지를 기초로 만든 자신의 다큐멘터리 <또다른 어떤 곳의 삶>에서 <중앙역>의 아이디어를 떠올렸고 아이 역을 맡은 배우는 리우 공항에서 구두닦이를 하던 소년이었다.