Illiterate
73 mins
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.
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
Paulina Giglio
Saleswoman
Wilsón Alvarez
Passerby 2
Moisés Sepúlveda
Director
Raúl Bolivar
Associate Producer
Pablo Paredes
Screenplay
Fernando Bascuñán
Producer
Moisés Sepúlveda
Screenplay
Ángel Maulen
Associate Producer
Florencia Larrea
Co-Producer
Carmén Rodríguez
Associate Producer
Rodrigo Fernandez
Editor
Pilar Rodríguez
Assistant Editor
José Palma
Sound
Matías Valdés
Sound Designer
Viviana Verges O'Ryan
Makeup & Hair
Arnaldo Rodríguez
Director of Photography
Cristóbal Carvajal
Original Music Composer
Pablo Paredes
Theatre Play
Luciana Ramos
Costumer
Guillermo Salinas
Assistant Director
Nicole Guzman
Costume Designer
Diego Pulgar
Assistant Art Director
Paz González
Makeup & Hair
Daniel Hammer
Associate Producer
Nicole Guzman
Art Direction
Casandra Campos
Continuity