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Janela da Alma(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-10-20
69%
20 Votes
Time: 1h 13m
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.
Languages: German, Spanish, French, English, Portuguese.
Countries:
Brazil
ProductionCompanies:
Tibet Filme
Brazil Telecom
Copacabana Filmes e Produções
Dueto Filmes
Estúdios Mega
Ravina Filmes
Movie: Janela da Alma
Top 10 Billed Cast
José Saramago
Self
Marieta Severo
Self
Agnès Varda
Self
Wim Wenders
Self
Manoel de Barros
Self
Walter Lima Jr.
Self
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Self
Hanna Schygulla
Self
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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.
Release Date
2001-10-20
Average
6.9
Rating:
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