Walter Salles	...	(Director)
Marcos Bernstein, João Emanuel Carneiro, Walter Salles	...	(Writer)
Fernanda Montenegro	...	Dora
Marília Pêra	...	Irene
Vinicius de Oliveira	...	Josué
Soia Lira	...	Ana
Othon Bastos	...	Cesar
Otávio Augusto	...	Pedrão
Stela Freitas	...	Yolanda
Matheus Nachtergaele	...	Isaías
Caio Junqueira	...	Moises
Socorro Nobre	...	Dora's Client
Manoel Gomes	...	Dora's Client
Roberto Andrade	...	Dora's Client
Sheyla Kenia	...	Dora's Client
Malcon Soares	...	Dora's Client
Maria Fernandes	...	Dora's Client
Maria Marlene	...	Dora's Client
Christano Camargo	...	Dora's Client
Jorseba-Sebastiano Oliveira	...	Dora's Client
Andréa Albuquerque	...	Dora's Client
Sidney Antunes	...	Crente
Rita Assemany	...	Jessé's Wife
Patrícia Brás	...	Dora's Client
João Braz	...	Photo stall owner
Marcelo Carneiro	...	Ladrão
Telma Cunha	...	Lipstick woman
José Pedro da Costa Filho	...	Cameló
Estelina Moreira da Silva	...	Woman in the bus 2
José Pereira da Silva	...	Dora's Client
Felícia de Castro	...	Cashier
Harildo Deda	...	Bene
Marcos de Lima	...	Bené's Son
Preto de Linha	...	Shoeshine Man
Antônio dos Santos	...	Dora's Client
Berto Filho	...	Romeiro 1
Fernando Fulco	...	F-street man
Gildasio Leite	...	Man in the bus
Sônia Leite	...	Woman in the bus 1
Edivaldo Lima	...	Jessé's Son
Nanego Lira	...	Nordeste preacher
Diego Lopes Filho	...	Cachier
Dona Luzia	...	Pilgrim singingin truck
Antônio Marcos	...	Singer
Mário Mendes	...	João
Maria Menezes	...	Waitress
Esperança Motta	...	Prostituta
Manuel José Neves	...	Walkman owner
Antonieta Noronha	...	Violeta
Zezão Pereira	...	Bus Driver
Everaldo Pontes	...	Dora's Client
José Ramos	...	Pilgrims' driver
Iami Rebouças	...	Woman of the photo
João Rodrigues	...	Praying pilgrim 2
Gideon Rosa	...	Jesse
Inaldo Santana	...	Dora's Client
Cícero Santos	...	Dora's Client
Dona Severina	...	Praying pilgrim 1
Eliane Silva	...	Dora's Client
Ingrid Trigueiro	...	Dora's Client
Jaques Morelenbaum	...	Composer
Antonio Pinto	...	Composer
Felipe Lacerda	...	Film Editor
Walter Carvalho	...	Cinematographer
Isabelle Rathery	...	Film Editor
Jean-Claude Brisson	...	Sound Department
Manuel de Souza	...	Sound Department
François Groult	...	Sound Department
François Lepeuple	...	Sound Department
Olivier Marlangeon	...	Sound Department
Bruno Tarrière	...	Sound Department
Mark A. Van Der Willigen	...	Sound Department
Waldir Xavier	...	Sound Department
Cassio Amarante	...	Production Designer
Carla Caffé	...	Production Designer
Cristina Camargo	...	Custome Designer
Antoine Garabedian	...	head makeup artist
João Emanuel Carneiro	...	second assistant director
Vinicius Coimbra	...	assistant director: Rio de Jameiro
Kátia Lund	...	first assistant director
Sérgio Machado	...	second assistant director
Cláudia Tavores	...	trainee assistant director
Moisés Alexandre	...	set painter: Pernambuco
Isac Caffé	...	set painter
Mônica Costa	...	Set Designer
Joana Côrtes	...	art department trainee
Almir de Azevédo	...	art researcher: Pernambuco
Cristiana Duarte	...	art department trainee
Paulo Dubois	...	set constructor
Cristiana Javier	...	art department trainee
Marcelo Larrea	...	assistant art director
Leão	...	set constructor: Pernambuco
Zé Luca	...	Set Designer
Joana Mureb	...	art department trainee
Joana Penna	...	art department trainee
Roberta Pupo	...	art department trainee
Marcos Sachs	...	set painter
Edmilson Santana	...	set constructor: Pernambuco
Marcelo Silva de Lima	...	property assistant

Summary: Dora (Fernanda Montenegro), who writes letters for illiterate people at Rio de Janeiro's central railroad station, feels compelled to help 9-year-old Josué (Vinicius De Oliveira) locate his estranged father after the child's mother dies in a car accident. As Dora and the boy bond during their journey to Brazil's remote Northeast region, the interplay between them is delightful to watch.