
ElisabethismarriedtoaGermanandhasayoungdaughter.Sheleavesherhusbandandchildbehindtotracethepathofwomen’srightsactivistFloraTristan(1803–1844).Theyoung,FrenchhistoriantakesthetraintoLyon,wheretheearlysocialistspenttheyearbeforeherdeathtryingtocreateaWorkers’Union;tenthousandofthemwouldlaterjoinherfuneralprocession.Elisabethroamsthestreetsandbyways,usingaDictaphonetorecordthesoundsofthecity.HergoalistoreconstructasensememoryofTristan’slife,andindoingso,shefindsthecitytobeanhistoricalechochamber:“MaybeIshouldhavebecomeaprivatedetective”.Duringherresearch,strollerElisabethdelvesintodifferenttimeperiods.Hersearchfortracesofhistoryisanattempttoconstructrecordedhistoryasaseriesofsubjectiverecollections.Andatthispointintime,BlindSpothasitselfbecomeanhistoricaldocumentation–indollyshotsandstills,thefilm“inhales”Lyon’sworkingclassneighbourhoodofLaCroix-Rousse,whichhastodaybecomethehipsterdistrict.



