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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2017

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017

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7 films · 2 reviews

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Blind

Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home - a place she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. But Ingrid's real problems lie within, not beyond the walls of her apartment, and her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2014; Director: Eskil Vogt; Writer: Eskil Vogt; Stars: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Vera Vitali, Henrik Rafaelsen)

Blind Loves (Slepe lásky)

Review preview for Blind Loves

Juraj Lehotský's Blind Loves not only succeeds in describing the world as blind people really experience it but, in so doing, presents the sighted viewer with a fascinating insight into a different way of living.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
The complexities of love and relationships as experienced by various visually impaired people.

(Country: Slovakia; Year: 2008; Director: Juraj Lehotsky; Writer: Juraj Lehotsky, Marek Lescák; Stars: Peter Kolesár, Iveta Kopdrová, Miro Daniel)

Full review See: Article about Blindness and blind people in cinema

Imagine

A blind teacher, who helps his blind students to navigate more confidently using sound, forms an unspoken attachment to a shy young woman.

(Country: Poland, France, Portugal; Year: 2012; Director: Andrzej Jakimowski; Writer: Andrzej Jakimowski; Stars: Edward Hogg, Alexandra Maria Lara, Melchior Derouet)

Scent Of A Woman

A student agrees to look after a blind man... and gets more than he bargained for.

(Country: US; Year: 1992; Director: Martin Brest; Writer: Giovanni Arpino, Bo Goldman, Ruggero Maccari, Dino Risi; Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Venture, Bradley Whitford, Rochelle Oliver, Margaret Eginton, Tom Riis Farrell, Nicholas Sadler, Todd Louiso, Matt Smith, Gene Canfield, Frances Conroy)

The Unseen (Nespatřené)

Documentary about blind pupils of the Jaroslav Jezek School in Prague.

(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 1996; Director: Miroslav Janek)

The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho)

Review preview for The Way He Looks

By sporadically renouncing traditional reverse shots, Ribeiro gives us an impression of what it is like to be denied a certain gaze - but the director uses this effect with caution.

Sophie Charlotte Rieger · 4 out of 5
Story of a blind teenager who yearns for independence.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2014; Director: Daniel Ribeiro; Writer: Daniel Ribeiro; Stars: Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim, Eucir de Souza, Isabela Guasco, Selma Egrei, Júlio Machado, Naruna Costa, Lúcia Romano, Victor Filgueiras) , Official site , Trailer

Full review See: Article about Blindness and blind people in cinema

What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love

The odds of love and deception among the blind, the deaf and the unlucky sighted people at a high school for the visually impaired.

(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2013; Director: Mouly Surya; Writer: Mouly Surya; Stars: Nicholas Saputra, Ayushita Nugraha, Karina Salim, Anggun Priambodo, Lupita Jennifer)