Janela da Alma (2001)

6.9/10 • 73 min • Documentary

Overview

Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the world. Unusual images, of burning trees or empty deserts, link the interviews, which vary from deep to funny to poetic.

Cast

Hermeto Pascoal

José Saramago

Antonio Cícero

Wim Wenders

Self

Marieta Severo

João Ubaldo Ribeiro

Walter Lima Jr.

Oliver Sacks

Manoel de Barros

Self

Agnès Varda

Hanna Schygulla

Self

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