Janela da Alma

1h 13m
Documentary
6.9

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
Paulo Cezar Lopes
Self
Antonio Cícero
Self
Wim Wenders
Self
Evgen Bavčar
Self
Spela Lenarcic
Self
Marieta Severo
Self
Carmela Gross
Self
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Self
Walter Lima Jr.
Self
Oliver Sacks
Self
Manoel de Barros
Self
Arnaldo Godoy
Self
Marjut Rimminen
Self
Agnès Varda
Self
Hanna Schygulla
Self
Raimunda da Conceição Filha
Self (Gabriel's Mother)
Felipe
Self (Baby)
Gabriel
Self (Baby)
Verônica de Jesus Santos
Self (Felipe's Mother)

Crew

João Jardim
Director, Writer, Editor
Walter Carvalho
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Karen Harley
Editor
Flávio R. Tambellini
Producer
José Miguel Wisnik
Original Music Composer

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