Blind (2007 film)

Blind

Theatrical poster
Directed by Tamar van den Dop
Produced by Petra Goedings
Hilde De Laere
Written by Tamar van den Dop
Starring Joren Seldeslachts
Halina Reijn
Katelijne Verbeke
Music by Junkie XL
Cinematography Gregor Meerman
Edited by Sander Vos
Production
company
Valkieser Capital Images (Special Effects)
Distributed by Klas Film
MMG Film & TV Production (Eyeworks Belgium)
Phanta Vision Film International B.V.
Release dates
8 February 2007 (Netherlands)
Running time
98 minutes
Country Netherlands
Belgium
Bulgaria
Language Dutch
Budget €3 million (US$4.7 million)

Blind is a 2007 Dutch drama film written and directed by Tamar van den Dop, and starring Joren Seldeslachts, Halina Reijn and Katelijne Verbeke. The film follows a story of a loving couple, an albino woman and a blind man.

Plot

Ruben (Joren Seldeslachts) is a lone and unbalanced young man who lost his sight in childhood. Marie (Halina Reijn) is an albino woman of temperate look and with a lot of insecurities. She has a beautiful voice and along with Ruben shares a mutual love for books and tales. Ruben's mother hires her as a reader to read her son books orally. While they live in a mansion, between these two lonely souls sparks love, but will love still be blind if the man recovers from his blindness?

Cast

Production

Production took place in 2007 year with a budget of 3 million euro, the script was written by Tamar van den Dop who also directed the movie. Other companies and people involved in production of this movie include: Cinenumerique - sound re-recording, Film Finances - completion guarantor, Herrie - unit publicity, Kemna Casting - casting, Warnier Studio Amsterdam - dolby mastering, sound post-production, Valkieser Capital Images - special effects.

Reception

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 84 based on 135 user votes, with an average score of 4.1/5, it hasn't received any reviews from this site yet.[1] Blind was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival[2] and was received positively. Film critics who reviewed other films which had featured on Toronto International Film Festival gave it positive scores. As Radheyan Simonpillai, a film critic from web based version of Now magazine, noted that a scene "where two hands fondle through a milky white veil is about as sensual as they come".[3] Another critic David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews gave it 3 stars out of 4.[4]

References

  1. David Nusair. "Blind Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  2. http://www.thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=4402
  3. Radheyan Simonpillai (November 5–12, 2008). "NOW Magazine // Movies // Mad for movies". Now. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  4. David Nusair (2007). "2007 TIFF Update #5 - Reviews by David Nusair". reelfilm.com. Retrieved November 25, 2010.

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