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Where was Blindness filmed?

2008 film, directed by Fernando Meirelles.

  • Ontario

The story is set in Brazil, about 4,830 miles (7,773 km) from where it was filmed.

Red pins: where it was filmed. Amber pins: where the story is set. Select a pin to see its name.

Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Brazil
Filmed in
Ontario
Distance
About 4,830 miles (7,773 km) between Brazil and the nearest filming location.

About Blindness

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Released
2008
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Cast
Julianne MooreMark RuffaloAlice BragaYūsuke IseyaYoshino KimuraGael García BernalDanny GloverSandra OhDon McKellarMaury Chaykin
Genre
DramaDystopianDisaster
Based on
Blindness

The story

The film begins with a young professional suddenly going blind in his car while at an intersection, with his field of vision turning white.

Around the city, more citizens are struck blind, causing widespread panic, and the government organizes a quarantine for the blind in a derelict asylum.

They are joined by several others, including the driver, the thief, and other patients of the doctor.

Famous lines from Blindness

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Gospel of John 9:1-7Blindness
  • James Joyce, UlyssesBlindness
  • Gospel of John 9:39-41Blindness
  • In regione caecorum rex est luscus.Blindness
  • There's no-one as blind as the fellow that won't see.Blindness

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