Illiterate

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.

5.2

73 min

Cast

Valentina Muhr

as Jackeline

Paulina García

as Ximena

Alejandro Trejo

as Store Owner

Nicolás Zárate

as Father

Diego Acuña

as Teen 1

Paula Caro

as Teen 2

Catalina Bolivar

as Teen 3

Amaro Fredes

as Football Kid

Ángel Maulen

as Jehovah's Witness 1

Carmén Rodríguez

as Jehovah's Witness 2

Gabriel García Páez

as Priest

Manuel Paredes

Paulina Giglio

as Saleswoman

Gastón Salgado

as Passerby

Wilsón Alvarez

as Passerby 2

Director

Moisés Sepúlveda