BLINDNESS
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Adapted from Nobel laureate Jose Saramago’s masterwork, Blindness takes place in a city 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 meagre 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 the quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. Their survival and ultimate redemption reflect the tenacity and depth of the human spirit.
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Fernando Meirelles
Director
Fernando Meirelles began his film career directing independent TV programs in the 1980s, commercials in the ‘90s and, finally, feature films in the 21st century. His feature films include: O Menino Maluquinho 2 – A Aventura, Maids, City of God, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including for best director, and The Constant Gardener. Fernando Meirelles was born in São Paulo, Brazil where he lives today.
35 mm
100 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Original version in English |
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Producers
Niv Fichman
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Sonoko Sakai
Coproducers
Bel Berlinck
Sari Friedland
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Scriptwriter
Don McKellar
Director of Photography
Cesar Charlone
Editor
Daniel Rizende
Sound
Guilherme Ayrosa
David McCallum
Lou Solakofski
Cast
Julianne Moore
Mark Ruffalo
Alice Braga
Yusuke Iseya
Yoshino Kimura
Don McKellar
Maury Chaykin
Gael Garcia Bernal
Danny Glover
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Production
Rhombus Media Inc.
99 Spadina Ave.
Suite 600
Toronto Ontario
M5V 3P8
Canada
(416) 971-7856
(416) 971-9647
info@rhombusmedia.com
www.rhombusmedia.com
Coproduction - Japan
Bee Vine Pictures
11-17 Nampeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
150-0036
Japan
81 906033 8250
81 3 34561 6551
Coproduction - Brazil
02 Filmes
Rue Heliopolis, 410 – V. Hamburghesa
Sao Paulo
05319-010
Brazil
55 11 3839 9400
55 11 3832 4811
www.o2filmes.com
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