A Sky Without Stars

June. 19,2018

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Father Son Relationship Blindness And Impaired Vision

Trailer Synopsis Cast

A story of the love between a father who is losing his eyesight and his seven-year-old son who learns to become his father’s guide and his eyes. What the son sees for the first time, the father is most likely seeing for the last. Their unique relationship illustrates the saying that love is invisible to the eye.

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Reviews

Nessieldwi

2018/06/19

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

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Blake Rivera

2018/06/20

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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Payno

2018/06/21

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Isbel

2018/06/22

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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