El analfabeto
Comedy
Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the letter on his own.
VIBE
A heartwarming tale of a man's journey to literacy. It's a gentle, optimistic film about the power of education and the simple joys of learning, wrapped in a charming, old-fashioned comedy.
lightheartedcharmingwhimsicaloptimisticsteadyclassic comedygentle humorperiod pieceeducationself-reliancecoming-of-agewealth
naivetyilliteracylettereducationmoneylawyertrailliteracy1960s
