The Five Senses
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses. — Oscar Wilde
1999 · 1h 46m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jeremy Podeswa
Overview
Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her daughter accidentally loses the woman's pre-school daughter in the park. The older daughter meets a voyeur (vision), a professional house-cleaner has an acute sense of smell, a cake maker has lost her sense of taste, and an older man is losing his hearing.
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