Illiterate

Story

Synopsis

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

Writers

Pablo Paredes, Moisés Sepúlveda

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Country

Chile

Release date

15 May 2014

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Valentina Muhr

  Jackeline

• 

  Paulina García

  Ximena

• 

  Alejandro Trejo

  Store Owner

• 

  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