
Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.... (Full plot summary below)
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Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe second feature by the openly gay Canadian director interweaves in a rather schematic mode but with elegant style the stories of five troubled characters, each standing for one of the senses. |
| OffoffoffJoshua TanzerYou'll probably think in a new way about the sounds and the music, the look of places and people, how much or little you take note of the scents and sensations of daily life. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatThis engaging and tightly constructed drama explores the role of the senses in the lives of a group of Canadians. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekIt succeeds in engaging the mibd, but never really touches the heart. |
| Film Journal InternationalEmily BobrowIt is refreshing to come across a film that does not wallow obsessively in the human tragedies of its own making. |
| User ReviewBrian Pwow what an amazing movie. i just absolutely loved this movie. I just saw it, literaly seconds ago. Acting is superb, the themes and symbols are spectacular. beautiful. |
| User ReviewLevent Kdid you ever wonder why we don't even get most of what we see, hear, touch, taste??? five senses are not reliable for happiness and more than often, what you see is not what you get... |
| User ReviewMarj RI saw this film at the 1999 London film festival and hoped it would go on general release.... it is spellbinding! |
| User ReviewGuilherme OFive beautifully executed stories interleaved in a very deep movie about the feelings that make us humans seen through the senses that make them interface with the outer world. |
| User ReviewChristina CI loved this movie & always recommend it. |