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Illiterate

2014-05-15 · 73 min · ★ 5.2

Drama

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.

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Directors
Moisés Sepúlveda
Production companies
Planta, La Ventura, Kine-Imágenes Producciones, Juntos Films
Countries
Chile
Status
Released

Top Cast

Valentina MuhrValentina MuhrJackeline
Paulina GarcíaPaulina GarcíaXimena
Alejandro TrejoAlejandro TrejoStore Owner
Nicolás ZárateNicolás ZárateFather
Diego AcuñaTeen 1
Paula CaroTeen 2
Catalina BolivarTeen 3
Amaro FredesFootball Kid
Ángel MaulenJehovah's Witness 1
Carmén RodríguezJehovah's Witness 2
Gabriel García PáezPriest
Manuel Paredes
Paulina GiglioSaleswoman
Gastón SalgadoGastón SalgadoPasserby
Wilsón AlvarezPasserby 2

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