Fernando Meirelles’s bold new film is an exploration of human nature in the face of disaster. When a man is inexplicably struck by a blindness which rapidly infects all who come into contact with him, the mysterious epidemic sweeps through the population, leaving its victims blinded. The city is soon disabled by panic. The first infected victims are quarantined in an abandoned asylum where their panic and despair is soon replaced by horror as they are brutally abused by guards and fellow inmates in this gripping film.