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.
If Blindness hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Like Blindness, this one is rooted in sacrifice, loss of innocence, and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on life under oppression, corrupt institutions, and class and money. Same energy: bleak, haunting, methodical, and escalating.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, men and women navigating expectations, and class and money. Both move the same way too, bleak, hopeful, slow burn, and escalating.
Both films sit with feeling powerless, loss of innocence, and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on poverty, corrupt institutions, and class and money. Both move the same way too, bleak, haunting, and escalating.
Both films sit with feeling powerless, loss of innocence, and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and life under oppression. Same energy: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, loyalty under pressure, and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: class and money, corrupt institutions, and life under oppression. The feel is the same: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
