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

Self

José Saramago

Self

Antonio Cícero

Self

Wim Wenders

Self

Marieta Severo

Self

João Ubaldo Ribeiro

Self

Walter Lima Jr.

Self

Oliver Sacks

Self

Manoel de Barros

Self

Agnès Varda

Self

Hanna Schygulla

Self

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