Monday, January 12, 2009

Willow Tree - film

Saw this film last weekend. Excellent. A man blind since age 8 is taken to Paris for a medical exam; a tumor is found behind an eye, and surgery strongly recommended to save his eye. Tumor turns out to be benign, and the surgeon finds that further surgery might restore his sight.

Indeed, it does. What happens, how the man reacts, is the essence of the film. A fascinating story, well acted. Seeing shots of Tehran was great. Iran turns out to look, well, normal. With all the stories of economic and political tensions, one never gets to see how it looks. This films gives that.

No comments: