110 minutes
4/3/1998
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.
Fernanda Montenegro
as Isadora "Dora" Teixeira
Vinícius de Oliveira
as Josué Fontenele de Paiva
Marília Pêra
as Irene
Othon Bastos
as César
Otávio Augusto
as Pedrão
Matheus Nachtergaele
as Isaías Paiva
Caio Junqueira
as Moisés Paiva
Stela Freitas
as Yolanda
Maria Menezes
as Waitress
Sergio Kato
as Dora's Client
Soia Lira
as Ana Fontenele
Rita Assemany
as Jessé's Wife
Harildo Déda
as Bené
Gildásio Leite
as Man on the bus
Nanego Lira
as Nordeste preacher
José Pereira da Silva
as Dora's Client
Everaldo Pontes
as Dora's Client
Inaldo Santana
as Dora's Client
Gideon Rosa
as Jessé
Antonieta Noronha
as Violeta
Socorro Nobre
as Dora's Client
Iami Rebouças
as Woman in the photograph