“I see neither forms nor light, nothing, absolutely nothing. But I’m not in the dark, I see nothing“, says Jean-Michel, who is blind from birth, like the other characters in the film.
Hamou is a bank broker, Lucy has gone into the first form, Belaïd loves going to the cinema, François is fond of horse-races, Farid returns to the place of his childhood and Judith and Jean-Michel have met thanks to music.
From everyday life to striking events, life goes on for them as for us. With them, we discover an universe which is often misknown, through the language of sound and touch.
PLEASE NOTE: AN ENGLISH VERSION OF THE FILM IS AVAILABLE ON DVD.
Technical data:
duration
53 minutes
camera
Damien Fritsch
sound
Gilles Guigue, Marc Hansmann, Marc Reichert, Vincent Gendrot
editing
Christine Benoit
a coproduction
dora productions / France 2 / France 3 Alsace
grants
Centre National de la Cinématographie
Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg, Région Alsace, PROCIREP, Scam (Brouillon d'un rêve)
festivals
Lussas, Saarbrücken, Gava Barcelone, Bruxelles, Vic le Comte, Fipa, Prix Europa Berlin
Prix : Grand Prix festival Filmer en Alsace 2001, SCAM Prix 2002 du meilleur documentaire de création
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