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5 May 2006 (UK) See more »
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3 wins & 2 nominations See more »
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First-person documentary is NOT about talking heads, but the visual beauty one can lose when blinded! See more (4 total) »

Cast

 
Hugues de Montalembert ... Himself
Lindsey Pehrson ... Girl on Street
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Directed by
Gary Tarn 
 
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Hugues de Montalembert  narration
Hugues de Montalembert  story

Produced by
John Battsek .... producer
Alfonso Cuarón .... executive producer
Nick Fraser .... executive producer: BBC
Julie Goldman .... co-executive producer
Krysanne Katsoolis .... co-executive producer
Andrew Ruhemann .... executive producer
Caroline Stevens .... co-executive producer
Nicole Stott .... associate producer
Frida Torresblanco .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Gary Tarn 
 
Cinematography by
Gary Tarn 
 
Film Editing by
Gary Tarn 
 
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Gary Tarn 
 
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Nigel Squibbs .... sound editor
Gary Tarn .... sound
 
Visual Effects by
Gary J. Brown .... digital effects artist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Luke Eder .... additional camera operator
 
Animation Department
Belinda Blacklock .... animation producer
 
Editorial Department
Jonathan Liebert .... digital cinema mastering
Tim Waller .... senior colorist
 
Music Department
Alex Nikolic .... music video
 
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Alex Nikolic .... media producer
 

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Canada:75 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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12 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
First-person documentary is NOT about talking heads, but the visual beauty one can lose when blinded!, 20 April 2006
Author: SONNYK_USA from NYC

Being born blind necessitates accommodation to the sighted world from day one, but what kind of struggle does a person face when blinded much later in life.

In Hugues de Montalembert's case, not only was his sight taken away but it was the primary sense he utilized for maintaining his chosen profession as a painter. All it took was one mugger's desperate gesture to render him disabled and forever unemployed.

Rather than try to re-create the circumstances and do a straight interview with Hugues, director Gary Tarn has undertaken a much more artistic approach to show just what has been lost when you leave the sighted world for one of darkness or extreme blurriness.

While Hugues retells his struggles during the intervening years, the screen is filled with images of life in New York city and occasionally the blurry view that Hugues would have of the same scenes the viewer can observe with perfect clarity.

Not for all tastes, but if you're sick of 'talking-head' fact-flicks then this meditation on loss and rehabilitation could be of value. You never know when you might find yourself struck blind either accidentally or as the victim of a crime. This film helps to fill in some of the details of that worst-case scenario.

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