Illiterate

About the film

Ximena is an illiterate woman in her fifties who lives alone in her apartment, smoking incessantly, tending to her garden and listening to the radio. She is surprised by a visit from Jackeline, a young unemployed elementary school teacher who tries to convince her to take reading classes. One day, Jackeline finds a letter from Ximena’s father, who abandoned her many years ago that the woman has been keeping as a treasure since she was a child. The shame of not being able to read and the fear to discover the message of the letter has kept her from ever asking anyone to read it.