Blind - Does the Rain Have a Father? - NL

16mm Film - Blind - Does the Rain Have a Father? - NL 1975

Direction: Trudy van Keulen

Cast: Henk Wever, and others.

Being blind means being dependent on others for one's whole life — that is what many people claim. The blind Henk Wever sees it differently. The documentary follows the eleven-year-old as he explains to his sighted friend Kees how his cane and hearing help him. Only the horses make Henk uneasy. Now his friend must help him. The film won the 'Prix Jeunesse' in Munich in 1976.

Does the Rain Have a Father? With Henk Wever as a blind child in the leading role. This film was made when he was 11 years old.

Sources

  1. YouTube channel: The Art of Film on 16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
  2. 16mm Filmography editors — title, year, description