Blindness is a 2008 English-language thriller film about a society that suffers an epidemic of blindness. The film is an adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by the Portuguese author José Saramago. The film was written by Don McKellar and directed by Fernando Meirelles, starring Julianne Moore as the doctor's wife and Mark Ruffalo as the doctor. Saramago originally refused to sell the rights for a film adaptation, but the producers were able to acquire it with the condition that the film would be set in an unnamed and unrecognizable city. Blindness premiered as the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2008, and was released in Canada as part of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2008.
Blindness (2008)
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Mystery-Suspense, Science Fiction, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Disaster Film, Dystopian Film |
Release Date - May 14, 2008 |
Run Time - 121 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$25,000,000
Box Office
$19,844,979
Themes
Tags
Dark, Epidemic, Fight, Film Based On Literature, Plague, Tony Award-winner Don Mckellar
Attributes
Based On: Blindness
Filming Location: Ontario, São Paulo
Narrative Location: Brazil
Subject: blindness, epidemic, mass hysteria
Filming Location: Ontario, São Paulo
Narrative Location: Brazil
Subject: blindness, epidemic, mass hysteria
Alternate Titles
A cegues
ES
A ciegas
AR, ES, US
Aklumas
LT
Al ha'ivaron
IL
Alb orbitor
RO
Bílá tma
CZ
Blindness
AU, CA, FR, IN, JP, NL, PH, GB, US
Blindness - Cecità
IT
Cegueira
US
Ceguera
AR, MX, PE, UY, VE
Die Stadt der Blinden
DE
Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira
BR, PT
Kertomus sokeudesta
FI
Körlük
TR
L'aveuglement
CA
Miasto ślepców
PL
Nabinaei
IR
Peri tyflotitos
GR
Slepota
SI
Sljepoća
HR
Vakság
HU
Đại Dịch Mù Lòa
VN
Περί Τυφλότητος
GR
Сліпота
UA
Слепота
BG, RU
ブラインドネス
JP
盲流感
TW
눈먼자들의 도시
KR