"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
Everaldo Pontes
Inaldo Santana
Gideon Rosa
as Jessé
Antonieta Noronha
as Violeta
Socorro Nobre
Iami Rebouças
as Woman in the photograph
Walter Salles
Director
Marcos Bernstein
Screenplay
João Emanuel Carneiro
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Elisa Tolomelli
Executive Producer
Donald Ranvaud
Thomas Garvin
Jack Gajos
Paulo Carlos De Brito
Afonso Coaracy
Line Producer
Lillian Birnbaum
Walter Carvalho
Director of Photography
Jaques Morelenbaum
Original Music Composer
Antonio Pinto
Felipe Lacerda
Editor
Isabelle Rathery
Sérgio Machado
Casting
Cassio Amarante
Production Design
Carla Caffé
Cristina Camargo
Costume Design
Antoine Garabedian
Makeup Artist
Mônica Costa
Set Designer
Marcelo Larrea
Jean-Claude Brisson
Sound Designer
François Groult
Mark A. Van Der Willigen
Bruno Tarrière
Sound mixer
Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre
Kátia Lund
Assistant Director
Vinicius Coimbra
Mauricio Couto Bevilaqua
Special Effects Supervisor
Sergio Farjalla Jr.
Special Effects Coordinator
Yvan Lucas
Color Timer
Paula Chevallet
Thanks
Marcelo Brasil
First Assistant Camera
Ulisses Malta Jr.
Electrician
Zezé di Camargo
Additional Soundtrack
Luciano Camargo