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