An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Cast
Fernanda Montenegro
Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
Vinícius de Oliveira
Josué Fontenele de Paiva
Marília Pêra
Irene
Othon Bastos
César
Otávio Augusto
Pedrão
Matheus Nachtergaele
Isaías Paiva
Caio Junqueira
Moisés Paiva
Stela Freitas
Yolanda
Maria Menezes
Waitress
Sergio Kato
Dora's Client
Soia Lira
Ana Fontenele
Rita Assemany
Jessé's Wife
Harildo Déda
Bené
Gildásio Leite
Man on the bus
Nanego Lira
Nordeste preacher
José Pereira da Silva
Dora's Client
Everaldo Pontes
Dora's Client
Inaldo Santana
Dora's Client
Gideon Rosa
Jessé
Antonieta Noronha
Violeta
Socorro Nobre
Dora's Client
Iami Rebouças
Woman in the photograph
Crew
Walter Salles
Director, Screenplay, Producer
João Emanuel Carneiro
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Marcos Bernstein
Screenplay
Isabelle Rathery
Editor
Felipe Lacerda
Editor
Walter Carvalho
Director of Photography
Yvan Lucas
Color Timer
Kátia Lund
Assistant Director
Sérgio Machado
Assistant Director, Casting
Vinicius Coimbra
Assistant Director
Thomas Garvin
Executive Producer
Elisa Tolomelli
Executive Producer
Donald Ranvaud
Executive Producer
Lillian Birnbaum
Executive Producer
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Jack Gajos
Producer
Paulo Carlos De Brito
Producer
Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre
Producer
Afonso Coaracy
Line Producer
Cassio Amarante
Production Design
Carla Caffé
Production Design
Marcelo Brasil
First Assistant Camera
Cristina Camargo
Costume Design
Antoine Garabedian
Makeup Artist
Jean-Claude Brisson
Sound Designer
Mark A. Van Der Willigen
Sound Designer
François Groult
Sound Designer
Bruno Tarrière
Sound mixer
Sergio Farjalla Jr.
Special Effects Coordinator
Mauricio Couto Bevilaqua
Special Effects Supervisor
Antonio Pinto
Original Music Composer
Jaques Morelenbaum
Original Music Composer
Zezé di Camargo
Additional Soundtrack
Luciano Camargo
Additional Soundtrack
Marcelo Larrea
Set Designer
Mônica Costa
Set Designer
Júnior Malta
Electrician
Paula Chevallet
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