Blindness
“Your vision of the world will change forever.”
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.
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Cast
78 people
Julianne Moore
Doctor's Wife
Known for
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Big Lebowski
Mark Ruffalo
Doctor
Known for
Shutter Island
The Avengers
Danny Glover
Man with Black Eye Patch
Known for
Predator 2
Lethal Weapon
Gael García Bernal
Bartender / King of Ward Three
Known for
Coco
Old
Maury Chaykin
Accountant
Known for
Entrapment
Dances with Wolves
Alice Braga
Woman with Dark Glasses
Known for
I Am Legend
Soul
Don McKellar
Thief
Known for
eXistenZ
Crimes of the Future
Sandra Oh
Minister of Health
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
INVINCIBLE
Yusuke Iseya
First Blind Man
Known for
13 Assassins
Casshern
Yoshino Kimura
First Blind Man's Wife
Known for
The Boy and the Heron
Confessions
Niv Fichman
Israeli Scientist
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Douglas Silva
Onlooker #1
Known for
City of God
City of Men
Fernando Meirelles Director · Don McKellar Screenplay José Saramago Author
Worldwide gross $20M · Budget $25M · United States release October 3, 2008
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$19,844,979
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Alliance Films
Production
20th Century Fox Brazil
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GAGA Communications
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Asmik Ace Entertainment
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Mikado Film
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Independent Film Fund/CINV
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Téléfilm Canada
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Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE
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Potboiler Productions
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Rhombus Media
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O2 Filmes
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Bee Vine Pictures
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Focus Features
Studio
Agência Nacional do Cinema (ANCINE)
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Asmik Ace
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BNDES
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Cinema Investment
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Corus Entertainment
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Fox Filmes do Brasil
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GAGA
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Movie Central Network
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Brazil · Canada · Italy · Japan · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
France · May 14, 2008
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Brazil · September 12, 2008
Theatrical
United States · October 3, 2008
Theatrical
Austria
January 16, 2009 · Digital
Brazil
August 25, 2008 · Premiere · São Paulo
August 26, 2008 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro
Canada
September 6, 2008 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
September 11, 2008 · Premiere · Atlantic Film Festival
France
October 8, 2008 · Theatrical
May 27, 2009 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
February 1, 2016 · Digital · VOD
September 2, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
October 23, 2008 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 21, 2008 · Digital
Japan
May 14, 2008 · Digital
Portugal
November 13, 2008 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 20, 2008 · Theatrical
Spain
March 13, 2009 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 14, 2008 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 8, 2008 · Digital
United Kingdom
March 30, 2009 · Physical
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