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At First Sight is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irwin Winkler released in USA on 15 january 1999 with Val Kilmer
At First Sight (1999)
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Add to a movie listAt First Sight is a 1999 American romantic drama film starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino, based on the essay "To See and Not See" in neurologist Oliver Sacks' book An Anthropologist on Mars and inspired by the true life story of Shirl Jennings.
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Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino) takes a vacation at a spa outside New York City. Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer) is a masseur at the spa and gives Amy a massage. Amy inexplicably cries and Virgil comforts her. While complimenting Virgil on the massage, Amy realizes that Virgil is blind. Virgil asks her out, and the two eventually begin a relationship.Actors
Val Kilmer
(Virgil Adamson)
Mira Sorvino
(Amy Benic)
Kelly McGillis
(Jennie Adamson)
Steven Weber
(Duncan Allanbrook)
Nathan Lane
(Phil Webster)
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