Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.
Acting
Valeria Golino's layered, unsentimental blind woman performance.
Direction
Soldini's tactile, sensory-focused visual storytelling.
Director
Silvio Soldini
Valeria Golino
Emma
Adriano Giannini
Teo Moscone
Arianna Scommegna
Patti
Laura Adriani
Nadia
Anna Ferzetti
Greta
Andrea Pennacchi
Paolo
Beniamino Marcone
Flavio
Mattia Sbragia
Vittorio
Valentina Carnelutti
Stefania
Giuseppe Cederna
Night cab driver
Roberto De Francesco
Superstore cab driver
Rossana Mortara
Lilli
Italo Amerighi
Andrea
Angela Ciaburri
Chiara
Laura Nardi
Nadia's mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Soldini shoots Emma's perspective through sound and touch, literally forcing the audience into her sensory world while Teo remains visually privileged but emotionally stunted.
Valeria Golino prepared by spending months with blind individuals; her refusal to 'act blind' with exaggerated mannerisms was controversial among disability advocates but praised by critics.
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