Illiterate (2013)

  • NR
  • 11/17/2013 (AR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 13m

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.

Moisés Sepúlveda

Director, Screenplay

Pablo Paredes

Screenplay

Cast

Valentina Muhr's headshot

Valentina Muhr

Jackeline
Paulina García's headshot

Paulina García

Ximena
Alejandro Trejo's headshot

Alejandro Trejo

Store Owner
Nicolás Zárate's headshot

Nicolás Zárate

Father
Diego Acuña's headshot

Diego Acuña

Teen 1
Paula Caro's headshot

Paula Caro

Teen 2
Catalina Bolivar's headshot

Catalina Bolivar

Teen 3
Amaro Fredes's headshot

Amaro Fredes

Football Kid

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