Blindness

2008
Canada / Brazil / Japan
2h 1min
18

Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Danny Glover, Yoshino Kimura, Alice Braga
Website: www.blindness-themovie.com

Brazilian filmmaker Meirelles' adaptation of José Saramago's novel about the impact of a blindness epidemic on a city. Meirelles has reduced the story to be more about the plight of a doctor and his wife (Ruffalo and Moore) who are forced into quarantine when the doctor loses his sight. Stark and flawed attempt at fin de siècle sci-fi.

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Visionless Express - Fernando Meirelles director of Blindness

13 Nov 2008

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