Monte Grande: What is Life?
- Released on
- Runtime
- 80 mins
Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life. This film seeks to deconstructs the prevailing division between science and art.
Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life. This film seeks to deconstructs the prevailing division between science and art.
Cast
- Heinz von Foerster
- Tenzin Gyatso
- Amy Cohen Varela
- Humberto Maturana
- Leonor Varela
- Francisco Varela
- Leonor Palma
Director
- Franz Reichle
Producers
- Marcel Hoehn
- Paul Riniker
Screenwriter
- Franz Reichle
