Budget: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Drama /  more » Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 9 nominations  more » User Ratings: 8.0 (16,657 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who write letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, in search for the father he never knew.  more »

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Filmmakers: Walter Salles - Director / Writer (story), Marcos Bernstein - Writer (writer), João Emanuel Carneiro - Writer (writer), Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre - Producer, Arthur Cohn - Producer, Walter Carvalho - Cinematographer, Jaques Morelenbaum - Composer, Antonio Pinto - Composer, Cassio Amarante - Production Designer, Carla Caffé - Production Designer, Felipe Lacerda - Editor, Isabelle Rathery - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Fernanda Montenegro ... Dora	22,292
	Marília Pêra ... Irene	33,761
	Vinícius de Oliveira ... Josué	69,438
	Soia Lira ... Ana	388,646
	Othon Bastos ... Cesar	135,277