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Illiterate

Illiterate

2014•1h 13m•5.2/10
Drama

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5.2/10(8)

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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Production

Planta, La Ventura, Kine-Imágenes Producciones, Juntos Films

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Valentina Muhr

Valentina Muhr

Jackeline

Paulina García

Paulina García

Ximena

Alejandro Trejo

Alejandro Trejo

Store Owner

Nicolás Zárate

Nicolás Zárate

Father

Diego Acuña

Teen 1

Paula Caro

Teen 2

Catalina Bolivar

Teen 3

Amaro Fredes

Football Kid

Ángel Maulen

Jehovah's Witness 1

Carmén Rodríguez

Jehovah's Witness 2

Gabriel García Páez

Priest

Manuel Paredes

Paulina Giglio

Saleswoman

Gastón Salgado

Gastón Salgado

Passerby

Wilsón Alvarez

Passerby 2

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