Blind (2007 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.

Blind
Theatrical poster
Directed byTamar van den Dop
Produced byPetra Goedings
Hilde De Laere
Written byTamar van den Dop
StarringJoren Seldeslachts
Halina Reijn
Katelijne Verbeke
Music byJunkie XL
CinematographyGregor Meerman
Edited bySander Vos
Production
company
Valkieser Capital Images (Special Effects)
Distributed byKlas Film
MMG Film & TV Production (Eyeworks Belgium)
Phanta Vision Film International B.V.
Release date
  • 8 February 2007 (2007-02-08)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Belgium
Bulgaria
LanguageDutch
Budget€3 million (US$4.7 million)

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 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

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]

References
  1. "Blind (synopsis)". The Film Catalogue. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
  2. Radheyan Simonpillai (November 5–12, 2008). "NOW Magazine // Movies // Mad for movies". Now. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  3. David Nusair (2007). "2007 TIFF Update #5 - Reviews by David Nusair". reelfilm.com. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
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