The Invisible Paradise

2011, 15 minutes

Imagine a life without sight. Where would you look for beauty?

The Invisible Paradise looks at the life of a successful artist, Frank Steinner, who loses his sight in a car accident due a brain injure. Frank interprets his destiny as a death experience, this changes his life dramatically and sets him out on an inner journey into a new perception of reality. Frank's life being no longer how it was, now forces him to learn how to live in a different way. This life crisis drives him towards frustration and desperation. His best friend is Patricia who help Frank to embrace his new reality. After a long period of melancholy and depression, he discovers that he is having an inner revolution. A revolution that brings him to a new awareness thanks to the other senses. He discover the beauty of touch and sound. Frank goes in a journey towards darkness and there he finds light. The main message of The Invisible Paradise is that when you lose you win, even if losing means becoming blind. The film reveals a new understanding of the perception of reality usually , usually overtaken by the visual world. Hence the name "The Invisible Paradise", a paradise that is invisible but is here with the majority of us. Frank's story reflects on topics like transcendent experiences, mind control, positivism, will power and self discovery through hardship and reflection.

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