Here we've displayed a list of the best Illiteracy films : Central Station(1998), Conrack(1974), Fences(2016), Under the Sun(1998), The Old Man Who Read Love Stories(2001), Stanley & Iris(1990), Halls of Anger(1969), Tim(1979) ... ...
Drama
Brazil|France
1998
110 Minutes
Fernanda Montenegro Marília Pêra Vinícius de Oliveira Soia Lira Othon Bastos Otávio Augusto Matheus Nachtergaele Caio Junqueira
older woman young boy truck driver half brother friend client gritty moving rio de janeiro train station bus house illiteracy alcoholism road trip letter writing abandoned child pilgrimage quest transformation
An emotive 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.
Drama
USA
1974
107 Minutes
Jon Voight Paul Winfield Hume Cronyn Madge Sinclair Tina Andrews Antonio Fargas Ruth Attaway James O'Reare MacArthur Nelson William Hunter III Kathy Turner
teacher student principal superintendent profound inspiring south carolina island classroom illiteracy racism education poverty quest transformation 1970s
The true story of Pat Conroy, an idealistic beautiful white teacher who is a grade-school instructor for a group of poor black children in an isolated school.
Drama
USA|Canada
2016
133 Minutes
Denzel Washington Viola Davis Stephen McKinley Henderson Jovan Adepo Russell Hornsby Mykelti Williamson Saniyya Sidney Christopher Mele Leslie Boone Jason Silvis
sanitation worker son recruiter football player mother emotional engaging heartwarming touching american south house backyard bar failure family dysfunction success dreams deferred illiteracy escape growing up
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Drama
Sweden
1998
130 Minutes
Rolf Lassgård Helena Bergström Johan Widerberg Gunilla Röör Jonas Falk Linda Ulvaeus Bergljót Arnadóttir Per Sandberg
farmer sailor beautiful woman dog housekeeper friend moving charming sweden farm jealousy loneliness illiteracy friendship deception farming love transformation 1950s
Olof lives alone on a farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik. Olof advertises for a housekeeper, and Ellen arrives. During summer Olof's heart and Erik's desires develops.
Drama
Netherlands|France|Spain|Australia
2001
111 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Timothy Spall Hugo Weaving Cathy Tyson Victor Bottenbley Frederico Celada Luis Hostalot Guillermo Toledo
old man mayor bartender dentist indigenous person chief calm powerful profound french guiana jungle village hut aging nature hunting cultural differences isolation illiteracy discovery
A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.
Romance
USA|Canada
1990
104 Minutes
Jane Fonda Robert De Niro Swoosie Kurtz Martha Plimpton Harley Cross Jamey Sheridan Feodor Chaliapin Katherine Cortez
widow cook boss daughter son sister moving sad inspiring bakery cafeteria garage house illiteracy grief teaching teen pregnancy unemployment friendship love
A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
Drama
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Calvin Lockhart Janet MacLachlan Jeff Bridges James A. Watson Jr. De Wayne Jessie Ed Asner John McLiam Rob Reiner Patricia Stich Gary Tigerman
student teacher principal militant basketball player teen boy fiery powerful los angeles locker room classroom library racism race relations high school illiteracy strike growing up rivalry 1960s
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
Drama
1979
108 Minutes
Piper Laurie Mel Gibson Alwyn Kurts Pat Evison Peter Gwynne Deborah Kennedy
mentally challenged businesswoman laborer sister father heartwarming emotional australia house sydney may-december romance illiteracy mental retardation friendship love 1970s
An Australian spinster (Piper Laurie) falls in love with a mentally impaired young man (Mel Gibson) she hires as gardener.