The light of our eyes 

Original movie title:
SZEMÜNK FÉNYE
Country:        
Hungary, 2006., 59’
Director:
Ágota Varga

 

 

 

 

 

Summary:

A portrait of a blind couple raising a small boy with hardly any help from the outside world. Early on in the film, mother Kati tells us that people who can see sometimes ask, although uncalled for, in her opinion, ‘Why do two blind people need a baby?’

Over a period of two years, the film shows how these two parents, Gyozo and Kati, raise their son, and the influence that their handicap has on every-day tasks such as cleaning the house, shopping, changing diapers or going for a walk in the neighbourhood.

Before being able to leave the house, the toddler needs to be wearing his shoes; unable to see the shoes, the father uses his son's eyes to find them. ‘Give me your shoes, in my hands’, he says. Besides portraying the family as a whole, the film also follows the members individually.

Biography

Ágota Varga was born in 1954 in Császár, Hungary. After her studies in journalism she has worked as a program editor, then a chief editor for television. Since 1990 she has been making documentaries as well as report films.

In 1997 she directed criticly acclaimed ‘Szakítópróba’ and in 2000 ‘Porrajmos – Cigány Holocaust’ (Hungarian Film Week – Best Historical Documentary Award).

09.07., Wednesday, 17.00, RUŽIČKA'S HOUSE

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