The protagonist is a young woman, Joan Prats suffering from agnosia, a strange, primary visual disease that is one of the neuropsychological disorders of perception. Although her eyes and ears are in perfect condition, her brain is not able to correctly interpret the stimuli it receives. Joan is the only person to know an industrial secret left behind by her late father and becomes the victim of a sinister plan to extract this information. Her captors plan to use her sensory condition to help extract the information that they so desperately want.
Cinematography
Visual distortion techniques that put you inside agnosia itself.
Production
Gorgeous Catalan modernist setting — architectural character.
Acting
Bárbara Goenaga's fractured, vulnerable performance as Joan.
Director
Eugenio Mira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Eugenio Mira later made Grand Piano with Elijah Wood — same obsession with sensory manipulation under pressure.
Agnosia as a condition is real — the film's medical consultant ensured Joan's symptoms match actual visual agnosia patients who can see but not recognize or interpret.
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