Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #4 Blindness

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#4. Blindness

Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writers: Don McKellar (Childstar)
Producers: Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Niv Fichman, Sonoko Sakai
Distributor: Miramax Films

The Gist: Scripted by Don McKellar, the English-language film based
on the 1995 novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago, is a
philosophical thriller about an epidemic of blindness that sweeps through an
unnamed contemporary city and pushes society to the brink of breakdown.

Fact: Think a Children of Men-like apocalyptic narrative texture.

See It: Cidade De Deus (City of God) and The Constant Gardener are of a high pedigree – I only expect the same with this feature. For a great read on the project check out the LATimes article.

Release Date/Status?: August 8th. I imagine a Cannes premiere is more than likely.