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Summary: The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Release Date: November 20, 1998
Genre: Drama
Director:
Walter Salles
Runtime: 1 h 50 min
MPAA: R
Production: Audiovisual Development Bureau, Ministerio da Cultura, BEI Comunicações, Bahiatursa, Dolby Digital, Fondation de la Poste, Fulmitrens, Lei de Incentivo a Cultura, Ministerio da Cultura, MACT Productions, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International, NAK, Prefeitura Rio Filme, Rainer Artes Gráficas, Rio-Sul Linhas Aéreas, Riofilme, Sagepacq, Secretaria da Cultura e Turismo, Governo da Bahia, Severiano Ribeiro Distribuidora, Sundance Institute, São Paulo City Hall, Telebahia, The Coca-Cola Company, Varig Brasil, VideoFilmes
Language: Portuguese
Movie budget: $ 2,900,000
Domestic: $ 5,969,553
International: $ 1,520
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