
Illiterate
Drama
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.
Top Cast


Valentina Muhr
Valentina Muhr
Jackeline
Valentina Muhr
Jackeline


Paulina García
Paulina García
Ximena
Paulina García
Ximena


Alejandro Trejo
Alejandro Trejo
Store Owner
Alejandro Trejo
Store Owner


Nicolás Zárate
Nicolás Zárate
Father
Nicolás Zárate
Father
Diego Acuña
Diego Acuña
Teen 1
Diego Acuña
Teen 1
Paula Caro
Paula Caro
Teen 2
Paula Caro
Teen 2
Catalina Bolivar
Catalina Bolivar
Teen 3
Catalina Bolivar
Teen 3
Amaro Fredes
Amaro Fredes
Football Kid
Amaro Fredes
Football Kid
Ángel Maulen
Ángel Maulen
Jehovah's Witness 1
Ángel Maulen
Jehovah's Witness 1
Carmén Rodríguez
Carmén Rodríguez
Jehovah's Witness 2
Carmén Rodríguez
Jehovah's Witness 2
Similar Movies

Daniel reached the limit of his patience with his wife. The extremely temperamental Natalia is always protesting. But Daniel does not have the courage to ask for a divorce. Thus, he accepts the advice of his friends to hire a famous local Don Juan to seduce his wife and be she who deserted him.

After a long absence, Negro Torres returns to his hometown, in Cunco, to attend his mother's funeral. There, his old cronies propose him to set up a business to buy seafood and then sell them. After improvising the preparations and returning to the town with the seafood, they face a big surprise

Looking for extras and locations, a filmmaker settles on Chiloé, the second largest island off the coast of Chile. He does auditions, but mainly listens patiently to the stories of young and old people. As an outsider, he cautiously searches for the soul of the community and its underlying tensions.

The elderly heir of a formerly wealthy and respected Chilean family, Andres, suffers from decadence and solitude. He hires young Estela in order to look after his tiranic and almost crazy grandmother. The differences in class and age don't stop Andres from courting Estela, whose fiancé Mario tries to make some money with the passions of his well-off rival. The suffocating atmosphere of the run-down mansion in the outskirts of Santiago represents the deterioration of the bourgeoisie, and sets the scene for the total collapse of Andres.

Based on a true story occurred in 1974, this is the tale of sisters Justa, Lucia, and Luciana Quispe, sheperds in the Chilean altiplano who lead a solitary life. A visitor brings news about a law that might change their way of living. This event forces the women to question their existence and relentlessly brings them to a tragic end.
















