The film “Central Station” depicts the meeting of a nine-year-old Brazilian boy with a woman in her 50s. Both are fatherless, vulnerable and live under threat. Joshua has lost his mother. He lacks the protection that a family could provide. Although he does not realise it, he is easy prey for the human predators at Rio's Central Station. Dora, the 50-year-old woman also lacks a family. Her life is not threatened, but she is about to succumb spiritually, hardened by her cynical attitude to life. During a long journey, which they make together, Joshua, a little warrior, tears down the walls surrounding Dora. Like his Biblical namesake, he perceives the Rachel enclosed within the walls. What makes the film so interesting is that it begins as a normal escape and evolves without our noticing it into a pilgrimage, one that shows the distance between remorse and renewal.