... modernization and urbanization. According to Rebeca Duran because Rio de Janeiro was the primed location for modernization and introduction of unfamiliar cultures, it was the right location for setting up the first cinema in the country in 1896 (1). After the 1880s onwards film had grew significantly with ... some well known films were produced in contemporary times such as Central Station, directed by Walter Salles, City of God and O Invasor. Central Station tells the story of a little boy who teams up with a disgruntled school teacher Dora, to search for his utopian father, where on t...

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