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Blindness is a 2008 English-language thriller film about a society that suffers an epidemic of blindness. The film is an adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by the Portuguese author José Saramago. The film was written by Don McKellar and directed by Fernando Meirelles, starring Julianne Moore as the doctor's wife and Mark Ruffalo as the doctor. Saramago originally refused to sell ...
Sightless is a 2020 American psychological thriller [1] film written and directed by Cooper Karl, based on his 2017 short film of the same name. The film stars Madelaine Petsch and Alexander Koch. [2] The film had its world premiere at Dances with Films Festival on September 2, 2020. [3] It was released digitally and on demand on September 29, 2020, by MarVista Entertainment. [4]
Pages in category "Films about blind people" The following 151 pages are in this category, out of 151 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The family learns of a school for the blind, but it's in Iowa. Charles and Caroline take her to the school, as Mary struggles with bitterness over her blindness. At the school, she meets Adam Kendall, who is also blind. He forces her to learn to fend for herself and overcome her limitations. While Charles and Caroline are gone, the town of Walnut Grove is struggling with bankruptcy.
There is a body of films that feature the deaf and hard of hearing. The Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series wrote, "The world of the deaf has received little attention in film. Like blindness... it has been misused as a plot gimmick in syrupy romances." [1] Miriam Nathan Lerner, writing in M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Cultures, said that films featuring deaf and hard of ...
Blindness is the story of an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness afflicting nearly everyone in an unnamed city, and the social breakdown that swiftly follows. The novel follows the misfortune of a handful of unnamed characters who are among the first to be stricken with blindness, including an ophthalmologist, several of his patients, and ...
A Patch of Blue. A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman in her film debut), and the problems that plague their friendship in a racially divided America.
This is a list of dystopian films. Dystopian societies appear in many speculative fiction works and are often found within the science fiction and fantasy genres. [1] Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization, [2] authoritarian governments, ruthless megacorporations, environmental disasters, [3] or other characteristics associated with a dramatic decline in society.