When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Cinematography
Brilliant white-out aesthetic that actually makes blindness visible
Direction
Meirelles brings City of God energy to apocalyptic dread
Acting
Julianne Moore's silent suffering carries the entire film
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Julianne Moore
Doctor's Wife
Mark Ruffalo
Doctor
Danny Glover
Man with Black Eye Patch
Gael García Bernal
Bartender / King of Ward Three
Maury Chaykin
Accountant
Alice Braga
Woman with Dark Glasses
Don McKellar
Thief
Sandra Oh
Minister of Health
Yūsuke Iseya
First Blind Man
Yoshino Kimura
First Blind Man's Wife
Niv Fichman
Israeli Scientist
Douglas Silva
Onlooker #1
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saramago refused to sell rights for years; only agreed when Meirelles promised to keep the novel's unnamed characters and harsh moral landscape intact.
The white blindness effect was achieved by overexposing shots then digitally erasing pupils—actors wore colored contacts they literally couldn't see through.
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