Janela da Alma
Oct 20 2001
•1h 13m
•Documentary
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.
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José Saramago
Self
Marieta Severo
Self
Agnès Varda
Self
Wim Wenders
Self
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