What would happen if an unknown epidemic strikes a city and make the people go blind? The movie ‘Blindness’ deals with a syndrome that is gradually making the whole world go blind. Selected as the official opening night movie at the Cannes Film Festival, the movie is based on a much acclaimed novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago. With Julianne Moore as the main lead, ‘Blindness’ one of the promising releases of this month.
Catch the oomph of Julianne Moore and have a look at the exclusive pictures of ‘Blindness’.
Release date: 26th of September 2008
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Foreign, Adaptation
Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
Source Material and Screen play writer: Jose Saramago and Don McKellar
Music Composer: Marco Antonio Guimaraes
Produced By: Niv Fichman, Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Sonoko Sakai
Star cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh, Don McKellar, Danny Glover, Alice Braga, Martha Burns and Gael Garcia Bernal
Storyline/Synopsis: The story of the ‘Blindness’ revolves around a group of people suffering from an unknown syndrome that has affected their eye sight by gradually making them blind. All of them are taken to an isolated hospital and have to go through many difficult situations. These debilitated persons who are out of sight now have to manage everything on their own. However, there is a woman, who can see and is there among them only to be with her husband. She is the only one who is not suffering from this plaque and soon decides to bring all of them out of this hell. There are many difficulties in their way. Would she be able to help the stricken? What are the sufferings that they have to go through in the times of horror, frustration, warfare and all sorts of situations against them? Would they be able to overcome these problems? What happens next?
Have a sneak peek at the exclusive videos of ‘Blindness’.
Official Website: www.blindness-themovie.com
The Movie is rated R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity.
Check out the ‘Blindness’ at your nearest theatre, movie releasing on 26th of September 2008
