Blindness (2008)

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.

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
Logline: An epidemic of blindness sweeps through an unnamed contemporary city and pushes society to the brink of breakdown.
Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Thriller and Adaptation
Running Time: 2 hrs.
Release Date: September 19th, 2008 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity.
Distributors: Miramax Films
Production Co.: O2 Filmes, Potboiler Productions, Bee Vine Pictures
Studios: Focus Features
Filming Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Produced in: Brazil
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, and Alice Braga

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