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Touching the Light

1979 · 14 min

A quiet, hypnotic documentary that asks you to sit with the inner worlds of blind children and listen.

Overview
The hypnotic empathetic documentary about blind children features quotes from Jacques Lusseryan, who lost his sight as a child and used music by the blind Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo.

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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • isolation
    • art
    • healing
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour0
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Helena Třeštíková
    Written by
    Helena Třeštíková
    Starring
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    Runtime
    14 min
    Country
    Czechoslovakia
    Languages
    Czech

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