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

Walter Salles

Director

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

S

Sergio Kato

Dora's Client

Soia Lira

Ana Fontenele

Rita Assemany

Jessé's Wife

H

Harildo Déda

Bené

G

Gildásio Leite

Man on the bus

Nanego Lira

Nordeste preacher

J

José Pereira da Silva

Dora's Client

Everaldo Pontes

Dora's Client

I

Inaldo Santana

Dora's Client

G

Gideon Rosa

Jessé

Antonieta Noronha

Violeta