We witness the tender relationship with her father (played by Mark Ruffalo), and the intensity of war, all from the perspective of a person who is blind. It's a story of resilience and the power of kindness in the most unlikely circumstances. In the epic drama set in World War II, which debuts next month, parallel stories unfold and converge: There's Werner, an orphaned German boy forced to join the Hitler youth and Loberti's role, Marie-Laure, the protagonist, a young French woman who lost her sight as a girl.
And we saw hundreds and hundreds, and Aria rose to the top.' And that meant a low-vision or blind candidate. 'Early on, I was open to any kind of casting,' said director Shawn Levy, acclaimed for the hit Netflix series 'Stranger Things.' 'But I had this gnawing suspicion that the right way to do this and the best way to do this was to do it with an actress, or a non-actress who is new to acting, but who brought the experience that Marie, the character, lives with. The part was for the heroine in an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Anthony Doerr, 'All the Light We Cannot See.' Loberti, like the main character, Marie-Laure LeBlanc, is blind. She had never acted before, but Aria Mia Loberti recorded a simple audition video after hearing about a Netflix casting call. Aria Mia Loberti on starring in 'All the Light We Cannot See' 07:44
