I can’t vouch for the film, of course, but the novel is an excellent read.
Hopefully it will live up to the novel!
Hmm… just looked it up on IMDB to see who’s playing the female lead, Marie-Laure. I can’t really tell, but it does not seem the actress is blind (although her character is). Here’s her writeup:
Aria Mia Loberti makes her acting debut in the leading role of Marie-Laure Leblanc in Netflix’s adaptation of All The Light We Cannot See. She landed the part after a global casting search, beating out thousands of submissions to secure the role, despite no acting training. A doctoral student at Penn State, Loberti received her Masters in 2021 from Royal Holloway University of London as a Fulbright Scholar and earned her undergraduate degrees in 2020 from the University of Rhode Island. She is also an advocate for disability equity.
Also, if I recall the novel, she and the male lead, Werner, do not communicate directly by radio, which is shown in the teaser.
However, I do like Hugh Laurie as Etienne, the WWI vet with PTSD… will see what they give us.
Loberti is blind (per Wikipedia).
The production company specifically searched for blind or low-vision actresses.
Excellent; thank you. I didn’t do a very thorough job, I guess.
The novel was superb. Absolutely loved it. I don’t know how well it does its justice, given that the novel takes places from the “view” of a blind person, but the trailer looks great.