BLINDNESS
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant “white blindness”. Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created “society of the blind” quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts.
There is however one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. Their voyage is fraught with danger, yet their survival and ultimate redemption reflec
Year of production: 2008
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan
Durée : 120 minutes
Credits
- Fernando MEIRELLES Director
- Don MC KELLAR Screenplay
- César CHARLONE, ABC Cinematography
- Tulé PEAK Production Design
- Marco Antonio GUIMARAES Music
- Daniel REZENDE Editing
Casting
- Gael GARCÍA BERNAL Le barman, roi du dortoir 3
- Yoshino KIMURA La femme du premier homme aveugle
- Alice BRAGA La fille aux lunettes noires
- Don MC KELLAR Le voleur
- Julianne MOORE La femme du médecin
- Yusuke ISEYA Le premier homme aveugle
- Mark RUFFALO Le médecin
- Danny GLOVER L'homme au cache-oeil, narrateur
- Sandra OH La ministre de la Santé
Contacts
Secondary Production
- O2 FILMES Brazil
Secondary Production
- BEE VINE PICTURES United States
