A ciegas – Blindsight
2006. RU. 104 min.
Dirección y guión: Lucy Walker.
Producción: Sybil Robson Orr.
Música: Nitin Sawhney.
Fotografía: Petr Cikhart.
Montaje: Sebastian Duthy.
Sinopsis. Un documental que con el sobrecogedor telón de fondo del Himalaya, narra la fascinante aventura de seis adolescentes tibetanos que se propusieron escalar el Lhakpa Ri de 7.045 metros de altura, situado en la cara norte del Monte Everest. Este peligroso viaje se convierte en un desafío aparentemente imposible. Más aún si tenemos en cuenta que estos jóvenes son ciegos. Considerados por muchos tibetanos como poseídos por demonios, los chicos son rechazados por sus padres, despreciados por sus aldeas y marginados por la sociedad. Pero la educadora y aventurera ciega Sabriye Tenberken, fundadora de la primera y única escuela para invidentes del Tíbet, junto con el famoso escalador también ciego Erik Weihenmayer, ayudará a estos jóvenes a superar sus enormes dificultades y les animará a llegar mucho más allá de lo que jamás hubieran imaginado.
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