Blindness (2008) ( Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira ) ( L'aveuglement )

Blindness (2008) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira
Alternate Title: L'aveuglement
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
121 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Brazil ( Latin America, Mexico )
Canada ( USA, Canada )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Fernando Meirelles

Written By:
José Saramago
Don McKellar

Actors:
Yûsuke Iseya ..... First Blind Man
Jason Bermingham ..... Driver #1
Eduardo Semerjian ..... Concerned Pedestrian #1
Don McKellar ..... Thief
Ciça Meirelles ..... Driver #2
Antônio Fragoso ..... Concerned Pedestrian #2
Lilian Blanc ..... Concerned Pedestrian #3
Douglas Silva ..... Onlooker #1
Daniel Zettel ..... Onlooker #2
Yoshino Kimura ..... First Blind Man's Wife
Joe Pingue ..... Taxi Driver
Susan Coyne ..... Receptionist
Fabiana Guglielmetti ..... Mother of the Boy (as Fabiana Gugli)
Mitchell Nye ..... Boy
Danny Glover ..... Man with Black Eye Patch
Alice Braga ..... Woman with Dark Glasses
Mark Ruffalo ..... Doctor
Joe Cobden ..... Policeman
Julianne Moore ..... Doctor's Wife
Mpho Koaho ..... Pharmacist's Assistant
Sari Friedland ..... Woman in Bar
Gael García Bernal ..... Bartender / King of Ward Three
Tom Melissis ..... Engineer
Tracy Wright ..... Thief's Wife
Amanda Hiebert ..... Maid
Jorge Molina ..... Hotel Security Guard
Patrick Garrow ..... Hotel Assistant Manager
Gerry Mendicino ..... Silver Haired Doctor
Matt Gordon ..... Minister's Assistant
Sandra Oh ..... Minister of Health
Anthero Montenegro ..... Cop #1
Fernando Patau ..... Cop #2
Otávio Martins ..... Police Captain
João Velho ..... Ambulance Attendant
Marvin Karon ..... Announcer
Joseph Motiki ..... Guard
Johnny Goltz ..... Soldier
Robert Bidaman ..... Minister's Advisor
Niv Fichman ..... Israeli Scientist
Oscar Hsu ..... Prominent Ophthalmologist
Martha Burns ..... Woman with Insomnia
Scott Anderson ..... Meek Inmate
Michael Mahonen ..... Sergeant
Joris Jarsky ..... Hooligan
Billy Otis ..... Hoodlum
Maury Chaykin ..... Accountant
LinLyn Lue ..... Emissary from Ward Two
Toni Ellwand ..... Woman of Ward One
Mariah Inger ..... Woman of Ward One
Nadia Litz ..... Woman of Ward One
Isai Rivera Blas ..... Man of Ward Three
Rick Demas ..... Man of Ward Three
Kelly Fiddick ..... Man of Ward Three
Matt Fitzgerald ..... Man of Ward Three
Mike G. Yohannes ..... Man of Ward Three
Norman Owen ..... Man of Ward Three (as Norm Owen)
Jackie Brown ..... Woman of Ward Two
Victoria Fodor ..... Woman of Ward Two
Agi Gallus ..... Woman of Ward Two
Bathsheba Garnett ..... Woman of Ward Two
Alice Poon ..... Woman of Ward Two
Plínio Soares ..... Hulking Scavenger
Rodrigo Arijon ..... Scavenger
Mel Ciocolato ..... Scavenger
Heraldo Firmino ..... Scavenger
Carol Hubner ..... Scavenger
Fernando Macário ..... Scavenger
Eduardo Parisi ..... Scavenger
Rodrigo Pessin ..... Scavenger
Domingos Antonio ..... Preacher
Barnie ..... Dog of Tears
Jim ..... Dog of Tears
Katherine East ..... Intern (uncredited)
John Fort ..... Blind Man (uncredited)
Katia Kieling ..... Starving girl (uncredited)
Paulino Nunes ..... Portuguese Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

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.

When a big city has a mysterious outbreak of blindness, the victims are quarantined by the government in a hospital without any medical care, treatment or hygiene. Among the first people affected by the so called "white blindness" are an ophthalmologist and his reluctant health wife that has not lost her sight but stays with him to help him in the difficult moment. The place immediately crowds and a group of criminals takes the power, demanding jewels and electronics first and sex later for the limited ratio of food they control.

A doctor's wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 27 February, 2021.