Blind (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Tamar van den Dop |
| Written by | Tamar van den Dop |
| Produced by | Petra Goedings Hilde De Laere |
| Starring | Joren Seldeslachts Halina Reijn Katelijne Verbeke |
| Cinematography | Gregor Meerman |
| Edited by | Sander Vos |
| Music by | Junkie XL[1] |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista International (Netherlands) |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Production started in december in Belgium and Bulgary, and the script was written by Tamar van den Dop who also directed the movie.[2] 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
[edit]Blind was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was received positively.[3] 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".[4] Another critic David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews gave it 3 stars out of 4.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Junkie XL componeert muziek voor Blind". Trouw (in Dutch). Amsterdam. 3 January 2007.
- ^ "Speelfilm Van den Dop op komst". VPRO Gids. September 21, 2005. Archived from the original on April 14, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ "Blind (synopsis)". The Film Catalogue. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
- ^ Radheyan Simonpillai (November 5–12, 2008). "NOW Magazine // Movies // Mad for movies". Now. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
- ^ David Nusair (2007). "2007 TIFF Update #5 - Reviews by David Nusair". reelfilm.com. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
