Vivien

Vivien was born in a small, remote village in eastern Hungary; she has two siblings. Her Roma parents waited 15 years to conceive a child. Alongside their great joy came a great sorrow when they learned that one of the three babies, Vivien, was blind. When she was a small child, she often encouraged her mother: “Mama, don’t cry, I can see well enough." In 2006 the family reached a turning point. Their happy family life came to an end when Vivien had to leave her village home for the city, to attend a school for the blind. Hopes, disappointments, joys, unexpected situations. The film covers ten years of the family. Can a dream come true for someone whose path is riddled with obstacles, placed there by fate and by society?