El cuaderno (2006)

Consuelo is a 10 year old girl in a Mexican town in 1940. Her father beats and terrorizes herself, her mother and sister. One day she stumbles upon the new town school and its enthusiastic teacher, and immediately decides she wants to attend. But when her sister leaves home, she must confront the rage of her father, her mother's fear, and the realization that her education won't be an easy affair...