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Blindness

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Original title
Blindness
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Running time
118 min.
Country
Brazil Brazil
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Producer
Co-production Brazil-Canada-Japan;
Genre
Drama. Thriller | Dystopia. Pandemic. Disability. Blindness
Movie Groups
José Saramago Adaptations
Synopsis
A city is 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 meager 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 quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. Their voyage is fraught with danger, yet their survival and ultimate redemption reflect the tenacity and depth of the human spirit.
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Awards
2008: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d´Or (Golden Palm)
2008: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Diseño of producción, Audience Award
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User history
Blindness
2008
Fernando Meirelles
6.3
(22,915)
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