In the 90s of the last century, the central station in Rio, Brazil, was bustling with people every day. Due to the low level of education, there is a large number of illiterates here.

Illiterate people who want to write letters to friends and relatives will look for professional letter writers. That's what Dora does, and the business is pretty good, and every day there are all kinds of people confiding in him to confide in his heart. They were sad or happy, crying or laughing, and each letter carried their hopes and emotions.

Dora is in charge of recording what they dictate before sending them letters.

On this day, Dora welcomed a mother and son, the mother is named Anna and the son is called Joshua. Anna wants to write to her husband because her son wants to see his father, but her words are full of resentment towards him. After giving her name and address, she took her son by the hand and left.

After a busy day, Dora squeezed into the train home. She has lived alone in this old house for decades, and the only person she knows and trusts is her best friend Irene. As soon as she got home, she called her best friend to open the letters together, and tore up the letters that he didn't like to look at and threw them away. Although it was against professional ethics, she enjoyed it, because she felt that people were fake, evil and ugly, and there was no real affection at all.

Just as she was about to tear up Anna's letter to her husband, Erin stopped her, thinking that maybe Joshua would reunite with her father and the family would be reunited. For the sake of her best friend's face, Dora ended up leaving the letter.

Unexpectedly, two days later, the mother and son came to the door again and asked him to tear up the letter and write a new one. Because her son wanted to see his father so much, the mother's attitude changed, and she and Dora wrote the letter full of sincerity, and also promised to take their son to his father next month. After the letter was written, Dora said, "I don't send one dollar just for writing, I send two dollars for me." Anna gave two dollars. Joshua quickly interrupted, "Mom, how can you be sure he'll send the letter?" His mother taught him, "Be polite when you speak." Dora told them to leave. The mother and son walked out of the waiting hall hand in hand, and were about to cross the street when the two turned around to pick up the spinning top that had fallen on the ground.

At this time, a bus came speeding up, and my mother was instantly swept under the car. Joshua crouched on the ground and cried loudly, but his mother lay motionless on the ground, as if she were asleep.

Joshua was suddenly orphaned, sitting in the waiting room weeping silently, as if waiting for her mother to come back and pick her up.

Then he came to Dora with red eyes, and he said that he was going to write a letter to his father and tell him to come quickly, because his mother was injured, but he didn't have a penny. Dora refused to provide him with services, although he was sad and shed tears, but Dora did not relent, he wanted to get back his mother's letter, but Dora said that the letter had been sent and told him to get out of here.

As Dora rode home, Joshua stood on the platform and stared at him hatefully. After the train started, Joshua desperately chased after him, knowing that his mother's letter must still be in the hands of the bad woman.

That night, he was homeless and could only sleep next to the trash can in the waiting hall, and the next day, Dora accidentally saw him and brought him something to eat, but Joshua was very stubborn, and he didn't want what the bad woman gave him.

The train station was full of fish, and the security situation was very bad, so a young man grabbed a player and ran away. After being caught, the young wailer lay on the ground, and Pedro, the station security officer, pulled out a pistol and shot him. Pedro set his eyes on Joshua and then greeted Dora.

Dora suddenly changed her attitude, took the initiative to show favor to Joshua, and told him, "Your mother has died, come home with me." Under her repeated persuasion, Joshua, who had no support, had no choice but to return home with her. Here, Joshua met Erin, and the three of them had a good conversation.

After dinner, Joshua found the unsent letters in the drawer, including his mother's. When Dora saw this, she snatched it, and Joshua made him swear that he would send the letter, and Dora perfunctorily agreed to him.

Early the next morning, Dora took Joshua to Pedro's house, Pedro and his family were unusually friendly to Joshua, but Joshua seemed to have realized something, tears oozed from his eyes, Dora got a commission of 1000 yuan, and went home with a smile, and there was a new remote control TV in the house that night. Girlfriend asks Dora where did she get the money? Under her constant questioning, Dora had to be honest and confess that he handed Joshua over to the people in the adoption agency, not only could he make a sum of money, but Joshua could also have a good home. The girlfriend quickly interrupted her, "That's not adoption at all, they kill children and sell organs, don't you read the newspaper?" Dora has to have a limit to everything. ”

That night, Dora lay in bed tossing and turning, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. If what his girlfriend said was true, wouldn't Joshua be more than lucky? Early the next morning, she came to Pedro's house again, first played a little trick to distract Pedro's wife, then quietly went into the room, found Joshua, and dragged him out.

When the woman found out, she chased after her, and the two fought at the door, and Dora desperately locked the door, and his clothes were torn by the woman. When they fled downstairs, the woman stood upstairs and cursed loudly to kill her.

Dora didn't dare to go home, he fled to the station with Joshua, and then called his girlfriend, told her not to reveal her whereabouts, and helped her lock the door of the house, and helped her send 200 yuan for emergencies, and then she bought two tickets. She was going to send Joshua to her father, but Joshua hated him so much that she didn't want her to accompany her.

He asked for his mother's letter and went to the ticket gate alone. Just as the car started, Dora knocked on the door, she couldn't go home anyway, and she couldn't worry about Joshua. Joshua twisted his head to the side, not wanting to talk to him at all.

The buses traveled through the night and arrived at the transit point in the early hours of the morning. Joshua wanted to buy a shirt because he wanted to make a good impression on his dad. After Dora hesitated for a moment, one of them bought a new dress and put it on. This incident made Joshua's attitude towards her better, and he took the initiative to talk to him.

Joshua adores his father and wants to see him soon. He said that his father was a carpenter and could make a lot of things, tables, chairs, doors and windows, houses. When he said this, his eyes lit up, but Dora thought that his father must be an abandoned son and an alcoholic and violent bastard, because her own father was that kind of person, abandoned his mother, and after her mother's death, he left the house and never returned. After all these years, the memories of her childhood still tormented her, and she no longer trusted men, or even the so-called emotions between people. She had been numbing herself with alcohol, as if that was the only way to get a moment of peace.

After another day and a night of travel, they arrived at the next transit point. A weary Joshua leaned on Dora's shoulder and fell asleep. Dora stuffed a few hundred dollars into his bag, but she still had a lot of resentment in her heart. She felt that Anna should not forgive her husband, so she secretly took the letter and then gave the driver some money to ask her to get Joshua to her destination safely. She bought a return ticket, then went to the restaurant and had a glass of wine.

She let out a long sigh of relief as she looked at the departing bus, only to find Joshua sitting at the table in the dining room. Joshua felt that he had abandoned him, and wept silently, but to make matters worse, he forgot his backpack in the car, which was the only money they had left, but the bus was long gone, and the two of them were grumbling with hunger, and they could only sit in the dining room and watch each other. After a kind uncle noticed it, he took the initiative to invite them to eat together, and they chatted while eating, and soon became cooked.

The uncle is a truck driver, and the two were lucky enough to catch a ride. The uncle has no wife, he is at ease alone, and he is home all over the world. Joshua pointed at Dora and said, "Then you're like her." ”

When he came to the grocery store at the gas station, Joshua was very sensible to help move the goods, and when he saw the boy in the store munching on snacks, he was so hungry that he stole some snacks and put them on his body. When Dora found out, she reprimanded him harshly. He then found an opportunity to steal some more biscuits and ham from the store, and the store manager immediately stopped him and told him to open his bag for inspection.

The uncle and the shopkeeper have been friends for many years, and with his great protection, Dora was able to escape. Once in the car, Dora gives Joshua a snack and warns him not to do anything. When the uncle came back and found out, he didn't poke at his embarrassment, but told jokes.

Joshua's dream is to be a truck driver when he grows up, Dora begs his uncle to let him touch the steering wheel, and the uncle teaches him to drive, Joshua's face shows a long-lost smile, and at night, the uncle parks the car on the side of the road to rest.

When the uncle put a blanket on Dora, Dora's body warmed up, her heart warmed up, and they talked about life together. The uncle sighed with emotion, Pingshui met and became friends, but it was often difficult to see each other again when they broke up, and this feeling was the most uncomfortable.

Dora replied expectantly, "Maybe we don't have to separate. ”

After dawn, they continued to arrive at a restaurant at noon, and Joshua became a small light bulb, and Dora asked him to go to the side first, and he wanted to talk to his uncle alone, and he said that meeting him was the happiest and luckiest thing in his life. Then he stretched out his hand tremblingly and held the uncle's hand, and the uncle looked at him stunned and didn't say a word.

Later, Dora went to the bathroom, and she suddenly remembered that Joshua had scolded her, "You are old and ugly, you never wear lipstick, like a man's wife." So he borrowed a lipstick from the lady next to him and put it on. But when she returned with great anticipation, the uncle drove away in a smoke, and Dora's frozen heart had just been bathed in a ray of sunshine, but suddenly fell into the ice cave. She couldn't contain the grief in her heart, and she lay on the window lattice and cried bitterly.

Maybe her judgment is really right, men are unreliable, and feelings are even more unreliable. After crying, Joshua comforted her, in fact, you look good with lipstick.

At this time, a truck passed by, and Dora took her watch to pay for the fare and hitched a ride. After many days of traveling, Joshua finally arrived in the town where his father lived, but he felt like a little beggar and didn't want to go to his father so sloppily.

Dora helped him get dressed up and followed the address. Daddy's home was on an empty farm, and Joshua galloped all the way there, and he wanted to jump into his arms and tell him how much he missed him.

However, the mistress of the house and the children stared at them suspiciously. Soon after, the man came home, and Joshua stared at him excitedly, is this Daddy?

He didn't seem to be what he thought he was. After Dora revealed her intentions, the man thought that his illegitimate son had come to the door, and he asked, "Is this boy well-behaved?" ”

Dora nodded and said, "He's very well-behaved." ”

But when Dora showed the letter to the man, he smiled and said, "You've found the wrong person." Ji Shu is the former owner of this house. ”

Then he took out his uncle's current table and muttered, "He won a lot of money, so he sold the house." As soon as the money arrived, he squandered it all in the bar. ”

After returning to town, Dora calls her best friend for help, but she sends the money to the wrong place, and she can't receive it now. And Joshua's mood was extremely low.

In the evening, the townspeople were holding religious gatherings, and the two were tired, hungry, and irritable. As soon as Dora got angry, she scolded Joshua severely. Joshua was so sad that he turned around and ran away.

When Dora chased her to the church, she was sweating profusely and had searched for a long time without finding Joshua. Dora was angry and anxious, and gradually, she lost her strength, was dizzy, and fell to the ground.

When Joshua saw this, he hurried over to her. The next day, when the sun rose and the breeze was refreshing, Dora fell asleep peacefully in Joshua's arms, and Joshua gently stroked her hair.

Soon after, Dora woke up. Because they had no money, they could only sit in a daze on the street and watch the endless stream of people. Joshua had a brilliant idea and asked passers-by if they needed to write to God or to their families. And just like that, their little booth opened.

Joshua shouted for business, and the guests soon lined up. Dora listened carefully to their inner feelings, their joys and sorrows, the world's sufferings, and human feelings, as if they had blossomed under his pen. By night, they had made a good chunk of money.

Subsequently, they took a group photo together, making trouble as they walked. Joshua also bought a beautiful dress for Dora, and in the evening they finally had the money to do a hotel pull. Joshua followed Dora's example and threw the letter in the trash. Dora hurriedly stopped him, and he was going to send all these letters, because each letter was full of hope, full of deep anticipation. She kissed Joshua's forehead, and they could finally get a good night's sleep.

The next day, the two searched for the new address. Dora asked him, "Do you remember what your dad looked like?" "Sometimes I remember his face, sometimes it's blurry. ”

"It won't be long before I'm going to forget about me." But Joshua was adamant, "I won't forget." ”

Walking to the long-awaited house, a man walked out, still disappointed. The man told them that Shu had disappeared and had not been heard from since. Joshua listened and walked away.

Dora hurried after him, and he told Joshua, why don't you come home with me? Joshua thought for a moment and nodded at her. While inquiring about tickets at the commissary, a young man approached them, and he heard that someone was looking for him, and his father had a book, so he came to ask. His name was Isaiah, and he was Joshua's half-brother, and he also had an older brother, and they all knew Joshua as a brother.

He then invited them to his home, and his brother Moses greeted them. Joshua saw a picture of his mother on the wall of his home with a man who was her, his father, who was haunted by his dreams, though he couldn't remember it anymore. The brother told them that after their father disappeared, the brothers had moved, and they had opened a small shop here and worked as carpenters like their father. The brother helped Joshua get a spinning top, which was considered a welcome gift.

Dad left a letter before leaving, and my brother asked Dora to help read it. After their mother died, Dad stayed with Joshua's mother. For two years, Dad had been waiting for Anna, and then she suddenly disappeared.

Dora put on her glasses and read: Anna, you little fool, I've been looking for someone to write letters for me, I think you must have gone back to our new home, and I'm looking for you in Rio, wait for me, I'm going back too, we'll be reunited as a family, you, Isaiah, Moses, and Joshua, the Joshua I want to see the most, we'll live together forever.

After listening to the letter, Joshua nodded firmly and said that one day he would return. And my brother was already in tears.

Late at night, Dora changes into the dress Joshua bought for her and puts lipstick on in front of the mirror. Joshua once said to her, "Actually, you look good with lipstick."

At this time, the three brothers were lying on a bed, sleeping soundly, and Dora walked out of the room lightly. He pulled out the letter that Bonanna had written, and put it in. Next to Shu's letter, I wish their family happiness, and the sky is already white.

Dora was on her way home alone, as if telepathically, and Joshua suddenly woke up, and when he found that Dora had left, he chased after her.

The bus had departed, and Joshua was still running barefoot. Dora wrote many letters to others throughout his life, but he didn't have anyone to write to, and now he can finally write to Joshua.

"My dear Joshua, you're right, your dad will be back, he's a good dad as you say. My dad was a train driver, and I remember the first time he took me on a train, he would let me have a girl with a famous whistle along the way. So when you get in the big truck, don't forget that the first person to let you drive is me, you live better with your brothers, and I can't give you what you deserve. If you want to remember me, just take a look at our group photo. Now I miss my dad so much, I miss everything. ”

Tears crisscrossed his face, and Joshua was like a golden ray of sunshine that melted the ice in his heart. The little girl who had resented her father for half her life was finally relieved at this moment. After countless days and nights of doubt and suffering, she finally began to open herself up and slowly accepted the world.

Everyone is a hedgehog in life, but most people are not elegant. Maybe Dora is the hedgehog who is not elegant, after being slapped a few times by life, he closes himself, like a frightened hedgehog, stabbing the world with his own thorns, while hiding in it and enduring loneliness and suffering. Through his tiny keyhole, Dora saw the world as a ruined garbage heap, not paying attention to the roses on it.

Sometimes we are so paranoid that we see a drop of blood and think that the world is full of blood, and when we hear a gunshot, we think that the world is full of sin.

It is true that we must admit that this world is cruel many times, not every love is happy, not every family is happy, childhood is not all carefree, lovers are not all in love with each other, and people are not all good and friendly with each other.

But you know, this world is very big, so big that there are some people we will never have the opportunity to meet in our lifetime. Don't deny yourself because you're alone, and you don't have to deny the whole world because of a relationship. You don't have to be upset, because everyone has a dead end, and they can't get out of it themselves, and no one else can get in.

When you feel that you can't let go, you don't have to let go, and when you feel that you can't forget, you don't have to forget. Again, the important thing is not to heal, but to live with an open heart with pain.