Illiterate (2014)

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Illiterate on IMDb 6.5/10 108 votes

Released:
2014-05-15

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.

Director:
Moisés Sepúlveda

Runtime:
1h 13min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Valentina Muhr
    as
    Jackeline
  • Paulina García
    as
    Ximena
  • Alejandro Trejo
    as
    Store Owner
  • Nicolás Zárate
    as
    Father
  • Diego Acuña
    as
    Teen 1