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Blindness
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Blindness is a 2008 drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Don McKellar and José Saramago. The movie stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, and Yūsuke Iseya. It is based on the work of José Saramago and produced by Niv Fichman. The film originates from Canada, Brazil, and Japan, with additional involvement from Italy and the United Kingdom.
The narrative takes place in Brazil and focuses on blindness, mass hysteria, and epidemic. It was filmed in São Paulo and Ontario. The runtime is 121 minutes. The production had a budget of 25,000,000 and grossed 19,844,979. Distribution was handled by Focus Features and Netflix, with other companies including Alliance Films and 20th Century Fox Brazil. The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.5 and a Metascore of 45.
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Film · TMDB
6.5When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Cast
- Julianne Moore as Doctor's Wife
- Mark Ruffalo as Doctor
- Danny Glover as Man with Black Eye Patch
- Gael García Bernal as Bartender / King of Ward Three
- Maury Chaykin as Accountant
- Alice Braga as Woman with Dark Glasses
Themes
- blindness and impaired vision
- based on novel or book
- fight
- society
- asylum
- eye specialist
- uprising
- outbreak
- epidemic
- doomsday
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
76,644 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 16 wins & 21 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- disaster film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Blindness
- Main subject
- epidemic
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Screenwriter
- José Saramago
- Cast member
- Joris Jarsky
- Producer
- Niv Fichman
- Cinematographer
- César Charlone
- Narrative location
- Brazil
- Filming location
- Ontario
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 224179
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/blindness
- Image
- Ensaio sobre a Cegueira centro de SP.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- title
- Blindness
- publication date
- 2008-10-23
- Commons category
- Blindness (film)
- film editor
- Daniel Rezende
- Commons gallery
- Blindness (film)
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- José Saramago
- capital cost
- 25000000
- box office
- 19800000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 45/100
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