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Blind Major 
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French woman
on holiday in Australia loses eye in a car
accident and possibility of losing the other. She falls in love
with a blind man.
This film may be ideal for provoking discussion since it
debates what blindness means.
Cactus is a slow paced, rambling film but along with what's
on the screen and the sound track there runs a train of
thought. If you engage with this, if you amplify the allusions, if
you debate with the medical evidence, if you empathise with
the actors then you should enjoy this film. Consider previous
references to the proposition of romance for the disabled
person. How some films have paired him or her off with
someone who is different from the norm to achieve some kind of
balance. A missing leg for a missing eye sort of thing. To be honest
have you never weighed the scales yourself : I'm disabled therefore I
can't look at able bodied people for a
partner. Or on a broader scale: I consider myself ugly
therefore why waste my time fancying someone who is good
looking. In 'Cactus' the character (Isabelle Hupert, you may
only know her from 'Heaven's Gate') has lost one eye and
might lose the other. She falls in love with a man who is blind.
She then deliberates with herself whether to choose
complete blindness so she is on a par with the man she
loves. But not because of anything I've said above but in
order to understand his world better. A sacrifice for love.
Whether you think her choice idealistic, unrealistic, whatever,
this is a film which sets out to make you think.
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