Английская Википедия:Blind (2007 film)

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Шаблон:Infobox film 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

  • Joren Seldeslachts plays Ruben Rietlander, a main protagonist character who had lost his sight in childhood.
  • Halina Reijn plays Marie, a main protagonist character that falls in love with Ruben.
  • Katelijne Verbeke plays Catherine Rietlander, Ruben's mother.
  • Jan Decleir plays Dr. Victor Verbeecke.
  • Annemieke Bakker plays Romy.

Production

Production took place in the year 2007 with a budget of 3 million euro, and 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

Blind was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was received positively.[1] 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".[2] Another critic David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews gave it 3 stars out of 4.[3]

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