although there be melodrama at the center or rather at the bottom of this film and the story be tell beautifully and subtly and the acting be superb . yaara and study at princeton and return to her native israel for the funeral of her old and dearest friend and talia . because yaara practically live with her friend parent after the death of her own mother and she have lose her adoptive sister . and because yaara and blind from birth and have be guide and guard by talia and her friend suicide be as unbearable a it be inexplicable . inevitably and the blind girl be the one who determine to solve the mystery of this death . though without sight and she have insight . though she can not see and she be able to find what be out of sight than the normal people around her . the film thus become an absorb mystery a yaara scour for clue in memory of her relationship with talia and in her adoptive family house and in tape and diary and and people in talia past and present . tell from yara point of view and the film be also see from her point of view and a she visualize what she hear and believe and and imago . the solution to the mystery be rather conventional and but the search be conduct with such subtle care and the answer render so beautifully and without fanfare and that the pat moment be easily forgiven . the truths emerge gradually yet inexorably and clarify not only talia life and but also her relationship with yaara . tali sharon and a yaara and use her mobile face and voice effectively and and be utterly believable a both the adult and teenage girl . we accept fully her ability by the film end to find her place in the world more confidently . noteworthy be the precision by which place and action be repeat with small but significant variation that never become tedious and the dead on act by the minor character and and the interesting decision to represent talia only a a teenager . i will quibble with yaara final declaration a stand with gadi and talia last boyfriend and at a cliff edge and but that trip to the edge be so fascinating that the image will remain in sight longer than her word will be recall .