Summary:
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.
| Runtime: | 121 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity. |
| Production: | Rhombus Media |
| Genres: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance |
| Countries: | Japan, Brazil, Canada |
| Languages: | English, Japanese |
| Home Release Date: | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Fernando Meirelles | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Don McKellar | Screenplay |
| José Saramago | Novel "Ensaio Sobre A Cegueira" |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Antônio Fragoso | Concerned Pedestrian #2 |
| Ciça Meirelles | Driver #2 |
| Daniel Zettel | Onlooker #2 |
| Danny Glover | Man With Black Eye Patch |
| Don McKellar | Thief |
| Douglas Silva | Onlooker #1 |
| Eduardo Semerjian | Concerned Pedestrian #1 |
| Fabiana Guglielmetti | Mother Of The Boy |
| Jason Bermingham | Driver #1 |
| Joe Pingue | Taxi Driver |
| Lilian Blanc | Concerned Pedestrian #3 |
| Mitchell Nye | Boy |
| Susan Coyne | Receptionist |
| Yoshino Kimura | First Blind Man's Wife |
| Yûsuke Iseya | First Blind Man |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Aeschylus Poulos | Associate Producer |
| Akira Ishii | Executive Producer |
| Andrea Barata Ribeiro | Producer |
| Austin Wong | Associate Producer |
| Barbara Willis Sweete | Associate Producer: Rhombus Media |
| Bel Berlinck | Co-Producer |
| Chris Romano | Line Producer: Uruguay |
| Claudia Büschel | Associate Producer |
| Gail Egan | Executive Producer |
| Larry Weinstein | Associate Producer: Rhombus Media |
| Nicolas Aznarez | Line Producer: Uruguay |
| Niv Fichman | Producer |
| Sari Friedland | Co-Producer |
| Sheena Macdonald | Associate Producer: Rhombus Media |
| Simon Channing Williams | Executive Producer |
| Sonoko Sakai | Producer |
| Tom Yoda | Executive Producer |
| Victor Loewy | Executive Producer |
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