Illiterate

May 15, 2014

1h 13m

★ 5.0

Overview

Ximena is an illiterate woman in her fifties, who has learned to live on her own to keep her illiteracy as a secret. Jackeline, is a young unemployed elementary school teacher, who tries to convince Ximena to take reading classes. Persuading her proves to be an almost impossible task, till one day, Jackeline finds something Ximena has been keeping as her only treasure since she was a child: a letter Ximena's father left when he abandoned her many years before. Thus, the two women embark on a learning journey where they discover that there are many ways of being illiterate, and that not knowing how to read is just one of them.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Planta

La Ventura

Kine-Imágenes Producciones

Illiterate Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Jackeline

Valentina Muhr

Ximena

Paulina García

Store Owner

Alejandro Trejo

Father

Nicolás Zárate

Teen 1

Diego Acuña

Teen 2

Paula Caro

Teen 3

Catalina Bolivar

Football Kid

Amaro Fredes

Jehovah's Witness 1

Ángel Maulen

Jehovah's Witness 2

Carmén Rodríguez

Priest

Gabriel García Páez

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