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| Director: | Fernando Meirelles | 
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| Writer: | José Saramago, Don McKellar | 
| Staring: | 
| When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. | |
| Release Date: | May 14, 2008 | 
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| Director: | Fernando Meirelles | 
| Writer: | José Saramago, Don McKellar | 
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 
| Keywords | based on novel or book, fight, blindness and impaired vision, asylum, society, eye specialist, uprising, outbreak, epidemic, doomsday, plague | 
| Production Companies | Rhombus Media, O2 Filmes, Téléfilm Canada, Potboiler Productions, Bee Vine Pictures, Alliance Films, GAGA Communications, Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE, Mikado Film, Independent Film Fund/CINV, 20th Century Fox Brazil, Asmik Ace Entertainment | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $19,844,979 Budget: $25,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Julianne Moore | Doctor's Wife | 
| Mark Ruffalo | Doctor | 
| Danny Glover | Man with Black Eye Patch | 
| Gael García Bernal | Bartender / King of Ward Three | 
| Maury Chaykin | Accountant | 
| Alice Braga | Woman with Dark Glasses | 
| Don McKellar | Thief | 
| Sandra Oh | Minister of Health | 
| Yūsuke Iseya | First Blind Man | 
| Yoshino Kimura | First Blind Man's Wife | 
| Niv Fichman | Israeli Scientist | 
| Douglas Silva | Onlooker #1 | 
| Daniel Zettel | Onlooker #2 | 
| Mitchell Nye | Boy | 
| Jason Bermingham | Driver #1 | 
| Eduardo Semerjian | Concerned Pedestrian #1 | 
| Ciça Meirelles | Driver #2 | 
| Antonio Fragoso | Concerned Pedestrian #2 | 
| Lilian Blanc | Concerned Pedestrian #3 | 
| Joe Pingue | Taxi Driver | 
| Susan Coyne | Receptionist | 
| Fabiana Gugli | Mother of the Boy | 
| Joe Cobden | Policeman | 
| Mpho Koaho | Pharmacist's Assistant | 
| Sari Friedland | Woman in Bar | 
| Tom Melissis | Engineer | 
| Tracy Wright | Thief's Wife | 
| Amanda Hiebert | Maid | 
| Jorge Molina | Hotel Security Guard | 
| Patrick Garrow | Hotel Assistant Manager | 
| Gerry Mendicino | Silver Haired Doctor | 
| Matt Gordon | Minister's Assistant | 
| Anthero Montenegro | Cop #1 | 
| Fernando Patau | Cop #2 | 
| Otávio Martins | Police Captain | 
| João Velho | Ambulance Attendant | 
| Marvin Karon | Announcer | 
| Joseph Motiki | Guard | 
| Johnny Goltz | Soldier | 
| Robert Bidaman | Minister's Advisor | 
| Oscar Hsu | Prominent Ophthalmologist | 
| Martha Burns | Woman with Insomnia | 
| Scott Anderson | Meek Inmate | 
| Michael Mahonen | Sergeant | 
| Joris Jarsky | Hooligan | 
| Billy Otis | Hoodlum | 
| Linlyn Lue | Emissary from Ward Two | 
| Toni Ellwand | Woman of Ward One | 
| Mariah Inger | Woman of Ward One | 
| Nadia Litz | Woman of Ward One | 
| Isai Rivera Blas | Man of Ward Three | 
| Rick Demas | Man of Ward Three | 
| Kelly Fiddick | Man of Ward Three | 
| Matt Fitzgerald | Man of Ward Three | 
| Mike G. Yohannes | Man of Ward Three | 
| Norman Owen | Man of Ward Three | 
| Jackie Brown | Woman of Ward Two | 
| Victoria Fodor | Woman of Ward Two | 
| Agi Gallus | Woman of Ward Two | 
| Bathsheba Garnett | Woman of Ward Two | 
| Alice Poon | Woman of Ward Two | 
| Plínio Soares | Hulking Scavenger | 
| Rodrigo Arijon | Scavenger | 
| Mel Ciocolato | Scavenger | 
| Heraldo Firmino | Scavenger | 
| Carol Hubner | Scavenger | 
| Fernando Macário | Scavenger | 
| Eduardo Parisi | Scavenger | 
| Rodrigo Pessin | Scavenger | 
| Domingos Antônio | Preacher | 
| Barnie | Dog of Tears | 
| Jim | Dog of Tears | 
| Bia Borin | Blind Woman (uncredited) | 
| Katherine East | Intern (uncredited) | 
| John Fort | Blind Man (uncredited) | 
| Adriana Guerra | Woman (uncredited) | 
| Paulino Nunes | Portuguese Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Nicolas Aznarez | Line Producer | 
| Renée April | Costume Design | 
| Chris Romano | Line Producer | 
| Marco Antônio Guimarães | Original Music Composer | 
| Deirdre Bowen | Casting | 
| Matthew Davis | Production Design | 
| Eduardo Virmond Lima | Sound Designer | 
| Tiago Marques Teixeira | Art Direction | 
| Lucas Mendes Kater | Set Production Intern | 
| Brian Lataille | Steadicam Operator | 
| Fernando Meirelles | Director | 
| José Saramago | Novel | 
| Don McKellar | Screenplay | 
| César Charlone | Director of Photography | 
| Susie Figgis | Casting | 
| Tulé Peak | Production Design | 
| Alicia Turner | Stunts | 
| Gustavo Lociks | Truck Costumer | 
| Daniel Rezende | Editor | 
| Rob Gyorgy | Online Editor | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Sonoko Sakai | Producer | 
| Claudia Büschel | Producer | 
| Akira Ishii | Executive Producer | 
| Bel Berlinck | Producer | 
| Sheena Macdonald | Producer | 
| Victor Loewy | Executive Producer | 
| Andrea Barata Ribeiro | Producer | 
| Austin Wong | Producer | 
| Sari Friedland | Producer | 
| Niv Fichman | Producer | 
| Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer | 
| Aeschylus Poulos | Producer | 
| Larry Weinstein | Producer | 
| Barbara Willis Sweete | Associate Producer | 
| Gail Egan | Executive Producer | 
| Simon Channing Williams | Executive Producer | 
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