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, hoarding 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.
Written by Festival de Cannes' Editor
In a banquet address and press release in September 2008 Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation of the Blind, said the organization "condemns and deplores" the movie and the novel it is based upon. He states that the book uses blindness as a "metaphor for all that is bad in human thought and action" while the characters' reactions their blindness are "one-dimensional", while he wrote that in the movie "blind people in this film are portrayed as incompetent, filthy, vicious, and depraved." Protests against the movie have been organized by the group.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
The pistol used in the movie appears to be a snub-nosed revolver, typically holding between 5 to 10 bullets. The number of rounds fired off without any indication of reloading is closer to 15 throughout the "Ward 3" standoff.
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"A Lua é Testemunha (Una Noche Serena Y Oscura)"
Written by S. Lozano 100% Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica - PHAM Management: Pffamusic do Brasil Ediçôes Musicaes Ltda. Brazilian Version: Inhana/Goia Provided courtesy of Warner Music Brasil Ltda., A company from Warner Music Group
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