A harrowing dystopian drama directed by Fernando Meirelles, adapted from Jose Saramago's novel. When an epidemic of sudden white blindness sweeps a city, the afflicted are herded into a squalid quarantine that collapses into cruelty and chaos, with one woman (Julianne Moore) secretly retaining her sight amid the horror. Ambitious and grim, it divided critics, some finding it powerful, others punishing and heavy-handed. A bold literary adaptation that struggled to find its audience.