Blindness (2008)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Fernando Meirelles

Writers:

José Saramago (novel)
Don McKellar (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Lust is blind.

Plot:

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined...

Plot Keywords:

Blindness | Quarantine | Epidemic | Power | Chaos

Awards:

12 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Yusuke Iseya	...	First Blind Man
Jason Bermingham	...	Driver #1
Eduardo Semerjian	...	Concerned Pedestrian #1
Don McKellar	...	Thief
Ciça Meirelles	...	Driver #2
Antônio Fragoso	...	Concerned Pedestrian #2
Lilian Blanc	...	Concerned Pedestrian #3
Douglas Silva	...	Onlooker #1
Daniel Zettel	...	Onlooker #2
Yoshino Kimura	...	First Blind Man's Wife
Joe Pingue	...	Taxi Driver
Susan Coyne	...	Receptionist
Danny Glover	...	Man with the Black Eye Patch
Fabiana Guglielmetti	...	Mother of the Boy (as Fabiana Gugli)
Mitchell Nye	...	Boy

Also Known As:

Blindness (Japan: English title)
Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira (Brazil)
L'aveuglement (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

Canada | Brazil | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Brazil:16 | UK:18 | Canada:14A | Japan:PG-12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:15A | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:12 | Chile:14 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | Peru:14 | Taiwan:R-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | France:U (with warning) | Mexico:B15

Filming Locations:

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Rhombus Media

Trivia:

Yusuke Iseya wrote some of the Japanese dialogue.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the first blind man arrives home, he says he lives on the 14th floor. After his wife arrives you can see some trees through the kitchen window. Those trees should not be there.

Quotes:

[first lines]
First Blind Man: I'm blind.

Personality Does Not Depend On Senses

For some people, some of the movies are more expressive than the others. I could give this movie 8 or 9 stars, but this one is a definite expressive one for me. The story telling and the characters of the movie, which have been fit correctly to the playing actors/actresses, make this picture a MUST SEE. Well, what I started to think after watching this movie is : How would be my life if I was a blind or a deaf or a dumb person and would I be a different guy without the senses I have. I believe that people can give shape to their own personality, but the personality's origin comes from birth and nothing can change it's base and essence. Maybe most of the audiences are going to criticize this one in a different way but all of the people who watch this one will pick up a role and put him/herself to the character's place, that's for sure. Because this picture is telling who we are, what kind of a species we are and the sides of life that we hide from ourselves or the feelings what we don't want to accept/have. Highly recommended if you look for a stylish and "make me think about" movie!