Blindness Synopsis & Movie Info

Synopsis

The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles joins forces with Canadian writer/director/actor Don McKellar to bring Portuguese Nobel Prize winner José Saramago's 1995 novel to the big screen in this large-scale philosophical thriller. An epidemic of blindness pushes society to the breaking point after sweeping through a modern metropolis and crossing borders into the outside world. A Brazilian/Canadian co-production shot in São Paulo and Toronto, Blindness features a script by producer and co-star McKellar, who optioned the novel alongside Rhombus Media's Niv Fichman. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Movie Info

Starring:
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, more cast
Theatrical Release Date:
10/03/2008
DVD Release Date:
02/10/2009
Rating:
R
MPAA Reasons:
for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity
Run Time:
120 min.
Distributor(s):
Miramax
Production Co.:
Bee Vine Pictures
Director(s):
Fernando Meirelles
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery
Themes:
Future Barbarians, Plagues and Epidemics
Tone:
Grim, Bleak, Ominous, Atmospheric
Keywords:
parable, epidemic, husband-and-wife, blindness [physical]
Country of Origin:
USA
Language:
Japanese
Status:
DVD

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