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Illiterate (2014)

★ 5.2/10 73 min Drama Chile Spanish
Theatre Play: Pablo Paredes
Screenplay by: Moisés Sepúlveda, Pablo Paredes
Streaming: Not available

Description

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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Top 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

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