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RUNTIME
Did you know
88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Blindness
1998 1h 28m EN
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 2
Drama
Synopsis
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A blind Asian-American woman lives with her son and daughter-in-law. The two women barely tolerate one another and the son, a doctor simply turns himself off to avoid any confrontation with either. Into this environment, an armed intruder breaks in. He is eventually revealed to be an old family friend who was sent to prison for murdering his father, but he insists that the older woman's husband, now deceased, was the actual murderer. Slowly, all the characters have to explore past hidden secrets about themselves.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Lisa Lu
Mrs. Hong
Vivian Wu
Natalie
Joe Lando
Patrick
Chin Han
Daniel Hong
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Anna Chi
- Writers
- Anna Chi, Jared Rappaport
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Anna Chi directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Lisa Lu and Vivian Wu and Joe Lando carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0169624 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 88 min · 1h 28m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Blindness (1998)
Also by
Anna Chi
Key crew
- Assistant EditorKevin Greutert
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1998-08-09
Also known as
International titles
- KorluqAZ
