Central do Brasil (1998)

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Original title	Central do Brasil
Swedish release title	Central do Brasil
Title for Swedish Video release	Central do Brasil

Director	Walter Salles
Screenplay	João Emanuel Carneiro Marcos Bernstein
Story	Walter Salles
Producer	Arthur Cohn Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre
Production Manager	Marcelo Torres Afonso Coaracy
Director of Photography	Walter Carvalho
Music	Antônio Pinto (originalmusik) Jacques Morelenbaum (as Jacques Morelembaum) (originalmusik)
Production Designer	Cássio Amarante Carla Caffé
Film Editor	Isabelle Rathéry Felipe Lacerda
Production Mixer	Jean-Claude Brisson Mark A. Van Der Willigen (kompletterande ljud)
Assistant Director	Kátia Lund (förstaassistent) Sérgio Machado (andraassistent) João Emanuel Carneiro (andraassistent) Vinícius Coimbra (andraassistent - Rio) Cláudia Tavares (lärling)
Script Supervisor	Adelina Pontual
Research	Almir de Azevêdo (scenografi i Pernambuco)
Co-producer	Paulo Brito Don Ranvaud (as Donald Ranvaud)
Executive Producer	Elisa Tolomelli Lillian Birnbaum
Unit Manager	Selma Santos
Assistant Unit Manager	Eudes Santos
Production Assistant	Ilna Baptista Wellington Silva Daniela Arantes Mônica Lima Isabelle David Édouard de Chabaneix
Casting	Sérgio Machado Denise del Cueto (barn) José Bello (i nordost) Daniela Braga (assistent) Nilse Oliveira (assistent) Gisele Tolomelli (assistent) Galeria de Imagem (statister)
Production Secretary	Cláudia Bejarano
Assistant Production Manager	Leonardo Oest
Still Photographer	Ricardo Sá Paula Prandini Walter Carvalho
Assistant Cameraman	Marcelo Brasil (förstaassistent) Alberto Belezzia (andraassistent) Cláudio Gustavo da Silva (lärling)
Gaffer	Marcos de Noronha Paul Sérgio de Oliveira Geraldo Ferreira
Key Grip	José Gomes (nordost) José Jailton Gomes (Rio) Valdemir Cezar Coelho (Rio) Julio Guimarães Valdeci Pires Manoel Severino Natanael Golçalves Souza Hallfman de Amar
Color Timer	Yvan Lucas
Instrumentalist	Jacques Morelenbaum (as Jacques Morelembaum) (cello) Edu Morelenbaum (as Edu Morelembaum) (piano) Antônio Pinto (piano) Marcus Suzano (slagverk) Siba (rebec) Luiz Brasil (akustisk gitarr, viola, mandolin, stråkar) Marie Christine S. Bessler (viola) João Daltro de Almeida (violin) Giancarlo Pareschi (violin) Bernardo Bessler (violin) Marcio Eymard Malard (cello) Denner de Castro Campolina (kontrabas) Ricardo Amado da Silva (violin) Michel Bessler (violin) Paschoal Perrotta (violin, stråkarrangemang) Jorge Kundert Ranevsky (cello) Jesuína Noronha Passaroto (viola) José Alves da Silva (violin) Walter Hack (violin)
Assistant Production Designer	Cristina Duarte Cristina Javier Joana Côres Joana Penna Joana Mureb Roberta Pupo
Painter	Marcos Sachs Isac Caffé (i Pernambuco)
Propman	Mônica Costa Marcelo Larrea (assistent) Zé Luca (assistent)
Costume Designer	Cristina Camargo
Make-up Supervisor	Antoine Garabedian
Driver	Andir de Oliveira Athaíde de Amar Aurélio Basílio Aranha Edmundo Alves Silva Edson de Souza Silva José Augusto Martins José Carlos Rogers Leonel Nascimento Marcelo Basílio Aranha Márcio Perini Marco Polo Guimarães Severino Ferreira dos Santos Severino Joaquim da Silva Filho Wakyrio de Lima jr.
Construction Coordinator	Paulo Dubois Edmilson Santana Leão
Assistant Costume Designer	Maria Helena Ferreira Cacilda Fernandes da Silva
Sound Assistant	Fernando Augusto Duca
Sound Editor	Waldir Xavier Manuel de Souza (assistent)
Sound Effects	François Lepeuple Olivier Marlangeon
Re-recording Mixer	François Groult Bruno Tarrière
Other Crew	Beto Bruno (produktionssamordnare) Jacques Dubecq (administration - Frankrike) Sueli Mattos (transportledare) Fátima Tolêdo (instruktör för Vinícius de Oliveira)

Fernanda Montenegro	Dora
Vinícius de Oliveira	Josué
Parília Pêra	Irene, Doras väninna
Sôia Lira	Ana, Josués mor
Othon Bastos	Cezar, lastbilschauffören
Matheus Nachtergaele	Isaías, Josués halvbror
Caio Junqueira	Moisés, Josués halvbror
Otávio Augusto	Pedrão
Stella Freitas	Yolanda
-	Samt i den ordning de framträder:
Socorro Nobre	första brevskrivaren i Rio
Manoel Gomes	andra brevskrivaren i Rio
Roberto Andrade	tredje brevskrivaren
Sheyla Kenia	fjärde brevskrivaren
Malcon Soares	femte brevskrivaren
Maria Fernandes	sjätte brevskrivaren
Maria Marlene	sjunde brevskrivaren
Chrisanto Camargo	åttonde brevskrivaren i Rio
Sebastião Oliveira	nionde brevskrivaren i Rio
Sidney Antunes	den religiöse på centralstationen
José Pedro Costa Filho	en ägare till ett stånd på centralstationen
Esperança Motta	ung prostituerad brevskrivare i Rio
Marcelo Carneiro	freestyletjuven
Manuel José Neves	Manula, freestyleägaren
Preto de Linha	skoputsaren
Mário Mendes	João, Yolandas man
Gildásio Leite	man i långfärdsbussen
Sônia Leite	kvinna i långfärdsbussen
Estelina Moreira da Silva	kvinna i långfärdsbussen
Zezão Pereira	långfärdsbussens chaufför
Felícia de Castro	kassörska
Harildo Deda	Bené, butiksinnehavaren
Marcos de Lima	Benés son
Maria Menezes	servitris
Telma Cunha	kvinnan med läppstift på toaletten
José Ramos	pilgrimmernas chaufför
Dona Luzia	sjungande pilgrim på lastbilen
Bertho Filho	första pilgrimmen
Edivaldo Lima	Jessés son
Antonieta Noronha	Violeta
Rita Assemany	Maria, Jessés fru
Gideon Rosa	Jessé
Dona Severina	bedjande pilgrim
João Rodrigues	bedjande pilgrim
Nanego Lira	predikanten
Antônio Marcos	sångaren
Iami Rebouças	kvinnan som vill fotograferas
João Braz	ägaren till fotoståndet
Antônio dos Santos	första brevskrivaren i nordost
Patrícia Brás	andra brevskrivaren i nordost
Ingrid Trigueiro	tredje brevskrivaren i nordost
Inaldo Santana	fjärde brevskrivaren i nordost
Eliane Silva	sjätte brevskrivaren i nordost
Cícero Santos	sjunde brevskrivaren i nordost
Andréa Albuquerque	åttonde brevskrivaren i nordost
Everaldo Pontes	nionde brevskrivaren i nordost
Diogo Lopes	kassör
Fernando Fulco	man på F-gatan

Production Company	An Arthur Cohn Production
	Riofilme
	Videofilmes
	MACT Productions S.A.
	Le Studio Canal+
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Buena Vista International (Sweden) AB	1999
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	2001
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Buena Vista Home Video AB	1999

Censorship number	135917
Date	1999-02-19
Classification	Allowed from age 7
Original length	2967 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 511-555-477-405-527-492 = 2967 m.

Censorship number	135867
Date	1999-02-04
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	47 meters
Notes	Trailer.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1 (Panavision)
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Digital
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24

	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
	Pernambuco	Brazil	(m.fl. platser)

Other showing	1998-01-16			Switzerland
Festival showing	1998-01-19			USA		(Sundance Film Festival)
	1998-02-14		Berlin	Germany		(Berlin Film Festival)
First showing	1998-04-03		Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Release in Sweden	1999-03-26	BioPalatset	Gothenburg	Sweden	108 min
	1999-03-26	Olympia	Stockholm	Sweden	108 min
Video release	1999-12			Sweden	103 min
TV showing	2004-07-21	TV4		Sweden	103 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2012-10-27

Original title	Toada e desafio
Composer	Capiba
Lyrics	Capiba
Performed by	Quinteto da Paraíbo

Original title	Preciso me encontrar
Composer	Candeia
Lyrics	Candeia
Singer	Cartola

Original title	Mama África
Lyrics	Chico César	(portugisisk text)
Performed by	Chico César

Original title	Ruínas da Babilônia
Composer	Fauzi Beydoun
Lyrics	Fauzi Beydoun
Performed by	Tribo de Jah

Original title	Nearer, My God, to Thee
Composer	Lowell Mason	(1856)
Lyrics	Sarah Flower Adams	(engelsk text 1841)
	Fátima Leâo	(portugisisk text)
	Alexandre Neto	(portugisisk text)
Performed by	Zezé di Camargo
	Luciano

Nominated for the Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	2000	Best Foreign Language Film
Goldener Bär	Berlin	1998			(bästa film)
International Inter-Church Film Center	Berlin	1998
Silberner Bär	Berlin	1998		Fernanda Montenegro	(roll)
Best Cinematography	Toruń	1998		Walter Carvalho	(Gyllene groda; Camerimage)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	2999

Element type	Print
Item base	Polyester
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3011

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Slides	3
Album	No