Based on the novel of the same name by Sten Nadolny.
From birth onward, the inventor John Franklin suffers from a sensory disturbance. Unable to grasp complex movements, he survives by adopting a very individual, but very exact mode of seeing.
Although not a narrative, the video recounts his story, puts it in visual form with appealing slowness and poetic vigor. Created as a multimedia product, it functions as a metaphor that questions the increasing pace of modern life.