Frederick Wiseman's contribution to the 2009 'Vision du reel' project.

A man who is a scholar of ancient Japanese haiku poetry is profoundly affected by the love of one woman. As he tells the story of their chance encounter on a New York City sidewalk which lead to their brief but all-consuming romance, he realizes such intensity often dissipates like the stanzas of a haiku: they are over too fast, never quite understood but forever beautiful.

A short film dedicated to the memory of the artist, poet and composer Mauricio Saravia, who had a rare disfiguring genetic condition, yet always saw the beauty in himself and everyone he came in contact with.

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