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Blindness
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Fernando Meirelles directs this thrilIer based on the novel by Portuguese author Jose Saramago. In an unnamed city an epidemic of 'white sickness' sweeps the population, causing sufferers to turn instantaneousIy blind. Ordinary citizens find themseIves lost in the middle of busy streets, forced to reIy on the goodwill of strangers - which, it turns out, is in short suppIy as criminals take advantage of the sightIess, seizing the food rations proffered by the government and demanding payment in valuable or sexuaI favours. JuIianne Moore pIays a doctor's wife whose sight is unaffected by the pIague. FolIowing her afflicted husband into quarantine, she keeps her sight a secret, and manages to guide a group of seven strangers out onto the ravaged streets of the city, where the trappings of civiIisation have all but disappeared. Their voyage is a dangerous one, and the group's survival uItimateIy depends on simpIe human acts of kindness and empathy. |
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