I just started watching "All the Light We Can See" on Netflix tonight. It is about a little girl,maybe 10 or 11 years old,who is living alone in a French city occupied by the Nazi's. Evidentially,her father went somewhere several years earlier,and never returned,so she is living by herself with the aid/support of a few neighbors,waiting for him to return.
There is a flash-back scene in episode 1 that shows how her father was teaching her how to live with being blind and still be out and about,dealing with people and living life. He also got her a shortwave radio,and taught her how to use it so she could communicate with others outside of the house.
To keep herself busy,she reads a braille book over her shortwave radio every night. While doing so,she adds messages to the resistance into some of her broadcasts. Because of this the Nazi's are trying to track down the source of her radio broadcasts.
I should also mention the character she portrays is blind,and this just might be some of the very best acting I have ever seen. Her eyes seem to be solid brown with no irises in them,which leads me to suspect she is wearing contacts. I can't even begin to imagine how she or anyone else with normal sight can portray a blind girl so perfectly otherwise.
She just may be one of the most amazing actresses I have ever seen. She really has me believing she might actually be blind,which would be impossible given the complexity of her dialogue and how hard it would be to memorize all of that.
I really can't praise her acting ability too much.
I am still on episode 1,season 1,and this one appears to be a serious winner on several levels. Gonna be SERIOUSLY pissed if the Nazi's end up finding and executing her character.
Even if this happens,I am going to take note of her stage name/real name,and keep an eye out for future roles she will play.
BTW,she APPEARS to be younger than 8 years old. Might even pass for 4 years old,but there is no way anyone that young can do what she does so well.
UPDATE!
She APPEARS to be younger than 8 years old in some of the early "flashback scenes",and that little actress is a jewel in her own right. How anyone that young can memorize script and perform is a freaking mystery to me.
This takes nothing away from the teen/young female actress who plays the teen/adult role.
This really is some of the best acting and best "Story telling" I can remember viewing in a long time.
