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    El analfabeto 1961 POSTER

    El analfabeto

    1961

    Spanish

    7.1

    3

    Action

    Comedy

    education

    illiteracy

    lawyer

    letter

    money

    naivety

    Miguel M. Delgado Miguel M. Delgado Director Cantinflas Cantinflas as Inocencio Prieto y Calvo Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as Jesús López, notario público Enrique García Álvarez Enrique García Álvarez as Sacerdote María Teresa Rivas María Teresa Rivas as Señora Refugio González
    Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
    Black and White 2002 POSTER

    Black and White

    2002

    English

    6.7

    4

    33%

    63%

    1950s

    Action

    australia

    australian aboriginal

    based on true story

    child murder

    Drama

    illiteracy

    Craig Lahiff Craig Lahiff Director Robert Carlyle Robert Carlyle as David O'Sullivan Natasha Wanganeen Natasha Wanganeen as Extra Penne Hackforth-Jones Penne Hackforth-Jones as Mrs. Aston Charles Dance Charles Dance as Roderic Chamberlain
    Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
    The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker 2007 POSTER

    The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

    2007

    Japanese

    7.1

    3

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    friendship

    illiteracy

    kidnapping

    tape recorder

    zoo

    Yoshihiro Nakamura Yoshihiro Nakamura Director Ryûhei Matsuda Ryûhei Matsuda as Kaoru Hirata Kaoru Hirata as Hidekazu Mashima Hidekazu Mashima as Gaku Hamada Gaku Hamada as Shiina
    A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl who changed his life.
    Precious 2009 POSTER

    Precious

    2009

    English

    7.3

    27

    92%

    76%

    Action

    aids

    balloon

    Drama

    harlem

    illiteracy

    rape

    unwillingly pregnant

    Lee Daniels Lee Daniels Director Xosha Roquemore Xosha Roquemore as Joann Paula Patton Paula Patton as Ms. Rain Gabourey Sidibe Gabourey Sidibe as Precious Patty Duke Patty Duke as Self
    In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
    The Ceremony 1995 POSTER

    The Ceremony

    1995

    French

    7.5

    22

    Action

    bourgeoisie

    class society

    country life

    Crime

    Drama

    female friendship

    france

    illiteracy

    Mystery

    Thriller

    Claude Chabrol Claude Chabrol Director Jacqueline Bisset Jacqueline Bisset as Catherine Lelievre Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert as Jeanne la postière Virginie Ledoyen Virginie Ledoyen as Melinda Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli as Pierre Maury in 'Les Noces Rouges'
    Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.
    Women Talking 2022 POSTER

    Women Talking

    2022

    English

    6.9

    57

    90%

    80%

    based on novel or book

    bolivia

    Drama

    faith

    illiteracy

    mennonites

    rape

    Sarah Polley Sarah Polley Director Ben Whishaw Ben Whishaw as August Kate Hallett Kate Hallett as Autje Sheila McCarthy Sheila McCarthy as Greta Jessie Buckley Jessie Buckley as Mariche
    A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.
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