He's someone whose status as a great artist has allowed him to have total control over his life and
surroundings,
with everything flowing
with grace and ease around him; it's ironic, then, that Alma (Vicky Krieps) catches his
eye by being out of place and uncertain in her movements, causing him to beam warmly in a way that gives a totally
different energy than his polite smiles toward his clients.
«I look at things
with eyes different from yours» is a sentence that marks a fundamental existential condition: that we see the world on the basis of our own
surroundings; that the Other is always somewhere else, looking
with different eyes — and that an awareness of this is the best starting point for being able to meet and understand one another
with respect.