Look into my Eyes

Lana Wilson United States 2024 105 min.

An intimate look into the sessions of seven New York psychics with their clients. This remarkable film reveals with great empathy that consulting a medium is not so much about believing or not, but about a deep human desire for closure in the face of feelings of loss, regret, loneliness or doubt. Is contacting a medium perhaps the oldest form of therapy, rooted in our deep desire to heal?

Curious how a session with a psychic goes? In this intimate and poetic documentary, the viewer gets to join in and discover with what questions, desires and uncertainties people call on a psychic. Do not expect a critical or cynical approach: for director Lana Wilson, it is not about ‘the (un)truth’ that psychics proclaim, but rather the deeply human need behind this ancient practice: people have a deep longing to hear that they are forgiven, that they are loved and that they can let go of their traumas and move on. A poetic and kaleidoscopic portrait of anguish, hope and human resilience that has motivated us throughout the ages to search for something bigger than ourselves.

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