Monte Grande: What Is Life? 2005

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
Self 

Tenzin Gyatso
Self 

Amy Cohen Varela
Self 

Humberto Maturana
Self 

Leonor Varela
Self 

Francisco Varela
Self