Movie Description:
Blind since childhood, Youssef has a devoted wife, loving daughter, and successful university career., but his affliction fills him with secret tormentAs if in answer to his prayers,a clinicrestores his sight-a miracle that is double-edged. Although his new world of sight and color floods him with ecstasy-the breathtaking images seen through his reawakened eyes include a dazzling vista of snow-blanketed hills, as showerof molten gold sparks in a jewelryfoundry, an array of lollipop lights behind a rain-speckled car window- it also plunges him into a labyrinth of confusions and temptaions. a prettystudent begins to eclipse his previouslyinvisible wife; he silently watches a subway pickpocket, who fixes him with a look ofwithering complicity. Eager toclaim the lost life he feels heis owed but unable to take the next step, Youssef is inflamed with possibility and paralyzed with egoism. A resonantmetaphor for life`s second chances and apowerful parable of sight and insight.
