Blind (2007 film) explained

Blind
Director:Tamar van den Dop
Producer:Petra Goedings
Hilde De Laere
Starring:Joren Seldeslachts
Halina Reijn
Katelijne Verbeke
Music:Junkie XL[1]
Cinematography:Gregor Meerman
Editing:Sander Vos
Studio:
  • Phanta Film
  • Klas Film
  • MMG Film & TV Production
Distributor:Buena Vista International (Netherlands)
Runtime: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 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.[2] 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Junkie XL componeert muziek voor Blind . . 3 January 2007 . Amsterdam . Dutch.
  2. Web site: Blind (synopsis). The Film Catalogue. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233436/http://www.thefilmcatalogue.com/catalog/FilmDetail.php?id=4402. 2011-07-16.
  3. Web site: NOW Magazine // Movies // Mad for movies . Radheyan Simonpillai . November 5–12, 2008 . . November 25, 2010.
  4. Web site: 2007 TIFF Update #5 - Reviews by David Nusair . David Nusair . 2007 . reelfilm.com . November 25, 2010.