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Illiterate (2014)

4.6 | May 15, 2014 (CL) | Drama | 01:13

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.

Featured Crew

Director, Screenplay
Art Direction, Costume Designer
Co-Producer
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Sound Designer
Continuity
Makeup & Hair
Associate Producer

Cast

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Valentina Muhr
Jackeline
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Alejandro Trejo
Store Owner
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Paula Caro
Teen 2
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Amaro Fredes
Football Kid
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Ángel Maulen
Jehovah's Witness 1
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Carmén Rodríguez
Jehovah's Witness 2