Written by Oliver Sacks, Steve LevittDirected by Irwin WinklerRunning Time: 140 minutes (approx)Production Year: 1999Rating: 12 CertificateProduction Country: USAFilmed in ColourA blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life. A career driven Manhattan architect called Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino), relaxes at a health resort and falls passionately in love with one of the masseur's, Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer). However, Virg has been blind since the age of 3 and is assisted through day-to-day activities by his spinster sister, Jennie (Kelly McGillis). Virg helps Amy hear and sense the world in his way which gives her new spirit and a new burst of creativity. Going against Jennie's wishes, Amy takes Virgil to New York for a new and extremely radical surgery which promises to restore his eyesight. The operation is successful but he's disoriented with the new world that he can now see and must learn to process these new images correctly, such as what a smile looks like, colour, light, dark, etc.. Finding his place in a seeing world strains his relation with Amy; his absent father wants to connect with him now that he can see; then, retinal disease threatens to undo the good this surgery did. Can love survive, will he find his new place and his old tranquillity, and more importantly can Amy accommodate limits? Cast
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At First Sight is a Film programme that first aired in 1999 and has been rated 12. At First Sight is a 3 star programme.
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