SUNDOWN

Sundown tells the story of a young woman searching for her path due to premature blindness. By agreeing to spend time with a group of blind and partially-sighted people, she learns to close her eyes and begin to come to terms with her disability. This short film questions our difficulty in letting go and shows us that, even in the dark, life can be luminous.

The director want to talk about blindness, because he have to deal with the same degenerative disease as Nora: retinopathy pigmentosa. This disease is the cause of most progressive sight loss in people under 50. The eye, less and less sensitive to light, loses the use of its rods. Night vision and peripheral vision deteriorate to the point of complete blindness over a period of time that is very difficult to define. Between melancholy and contemplation, the urge comes to capture what we can still see, to enjoy it for as long as possible. But this contemplative denial can only last for so long. Eventually, the disease gains ground and, one day, we are forced to admit that sight is no longer a solid ally, but a mirage that handicaps us more than anything else. We then have to convince ourselves that our other senses are now more reliable and close our eyes to appreciate the world differently.