Our Ode to Joy

Our Ode to Joy

Our Ode to Joy

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Our Ode to Joy

"TO LOSE SIGHT IS TO SEE EVERYTHING"

2025

0h 12m

10.0(2 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Overview

As his vision fades, a man known only as The Fool journeys inward-through nature, memory, and haiku-to find not just solace in what is slipping away, but meaning in the quiet beauty of being.

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4 members

Acting

Elia Mimkakis

The Fool

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Rion Emery

The Woman

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Evan Woofter-Kim

The Old Man

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Tiernan Tajalli

The Employee

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