Monte Grande: What is Life?
Monte Grande: What is Life?

Monte Grande: What is Life?

2005-01-18| 80 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Tenzin Gyatso

Tenzin Gyatso

Humberto Maturana

Humberto Maturana

Leonor Varela

Leonor Varela

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