Blindness is a movie directed by Fernando Meirelles in 2008 and based on the book of the same name by José Saramago, first published in 1995. The movie features Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Alice Braga, Gael García Bernal, Yusuke Iseya, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant “white blindness”. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. 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.
Movie vs Book
Year
2008
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
Blindness
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Country: Brazil
Year: 2008
Length: 2h1m
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Year
1995
Pages
310
Book Rate
8.28
S: Goodreads
Book
Blindness
Original title: Ensaio sobre a cegueira
Author: José Saramago
Country: Portugal
First published in: 1995
Length: 310 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The job of the screenplay is to extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen maintaining its essence.”
BARRY EISLER (Writer)
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