Blindness stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal. A town is overcome with a strange plague (called the Light sickness) that renders the victim blind. They are quarantined and have their rights restricted. Julianne Moore’s character somehow still has her sight and tries to lead them out of their quarantine prison.

This dark sci-fi melodrama is directed by Fernando Meirelles, the director of City of God and The Constant Gardner. I think he is the perfect match to realize Don McKellar’s script. They both question the morality of government and society in their films, especially so in McKellar’s take on the apocalypse in Last Night. They seem to hone in on people’s motivations in intense situation and focus on how things simply play out.

Blindness opens today in major cities.

Related links:
Official Blindness site
Fernando Meirelles IMDB
Julianne Moore IMDB
Don McKellar IMDB
Mark Ruffalo IMDB
Last scene from Last Night