This moving documentary by director
Werner Herzog (
Fitzcarraldo, and
Aguirre, the Wrath of God)
enters into the world of Fini Strabinger of Bavaria, who is both deaf
and blind. Fini has made a career of helping others who are similarly
afflicted, teaching them sign language and taking them on field trips to
gardens and touching zoos. Told in an unaffected, homey style, this
film uses a minimum of narration as it movingly explores the lives of
these people. One of the film's highlights is footage showing Fini's
reactions to her first airplane flight.
