

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
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.