Seeing Through the Darkness
- Directed by
- Simon Plouffe
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary about people who lost their sight in armed conflicts. The film uses visual effects like blurring and doubling to show what it is like to be visually impaired.
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What happens
Seeing Through the Darkness (French: Les yeux ne font pas le regard) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Simon Plouffe and released in 2024. The film profiles several people from around the world who have been left visually impaired or blind in armed conflict, documenting their reflections on their experiences of losing their sight and having to adapt to a new way of living. It additionally conveys the experience of becoming visually impaired by using various cinematographic techniques, such as blurring, ghosting, doubling and mirroring, to disrupt and distort the film's visuals and heighten the impact of its sound design. Plouffe first announced production on the film in 2021. The film premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival in 2024, before going into commercial release in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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