Blindness

The Resource Blindness
Label
Blindness
Statement of responsibility
Rhombus Media ; O2 Filmes ; Alliance Films ; produced by Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Niv Fichman, Sonoko Sakai ; screenplay by Don McKellar ; directed by Fernando Meirelles
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of 'white blindness.' Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where societal norms quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. Inside the hospital is one eyewitness to the nightmare. Following her husband into the hospital, a woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague goes into quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become like a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city. Their voyage is fraught with danger, but their survival is a reflection of the depth of the human spirit
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, César Charlone ; editor, Daniel Rezende ; music, Uakti
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity
Language note
English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.B55 2009
PerformerNote
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal
Runtime
120
Technique
live action
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