13 x 22 minutes
Leon Forest is a visually impaired 16-year-old who lives in a rural part of Quebec, outside Montreal. He is completely blind in one eye, but he can see exactly six degrees (out of a normal 180 degrees) in his other eye. Raised and homeschooled by his single mother, Leon’s insulated world completely falls apart when she suddenly dies. Leon moves to the city to live with his biological father, Francis, his wife and their four children. Leon is grieving the loss of his mother, but also making many new and exciting discoveries. He goes to public school, he makes friends and even falls in love. He learns the truth about his past and that his mother had been lying his whole life. Nevertheless, in the space of two months, Leon carves out a space for himself and manages to feel at home.
