A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. This man uses two names: Harry Caine, a playful pseudonym with which he signs his literary works, stories and scripts, and Mateo Blanco, his real name, with which he lives and signs the film he... See Full Description
Genres:
Art/Foreign, Drama, Romance and Thriller
Running Time:
2 hrs. 8 min.
Release Date:
November 20th, 2009 (NY); December 11th (LA)
MPAA Rating:
R for sexual content, language and some drug material.
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