Between hope and solitude, two lives cross and reinvent themselves
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
Crew
- Director
- Walter Salles
- Producer
- Elisa Tolomelli, Donald Ranvaud, Thomas Garvin, Paulo Carlos De Brito, Jack Gajos, Arthur Cohn, Lillian Birnbaum, Walter Salles
- Casting
- Sérgio Machado
- Editor
- Isabelle Rathery, Felipe Lacerda
- Cinematography
- Walter Carvalho
- Production Design
- Cassio Amarante, Carla Caffé
- Composer
- Antonio Pinto, Jaques Morelenbaum
- Costume
- Cristina Camargo
- Makeup
- Antoine Garabedian
Details
- Studios
- MACT Productions, VideoFilmes, RioFilme
- Countries
- Brazil, France
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Release
- April 3, 1998
Themes
rio de janeiroletterwildernessteacherorphanrailroadalcoholicmissing parentlong lost relativerealismchild traffickingdeath of parent