The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him. Jon’s eyesight begins to fail... From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic72/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Angela SchanelecWriter
- Angela SchanelecDirector
Cast
- Aliocha SchneiderJon
- Agathe BonitzerIro
- Marissa TriantafyllidouMerope
- Argyris XafisElias
- Frida TaranaPhoebe, 6 years old
- Ninel GeigerPhoebe, 14 years old
- Miriam JakobMarta
- Wolfgang MichaelHugh
- Theodore VrachasLucian
- MohathemoonsMoha
- Naël MalassagneCast