LAND OF THE BLIND
synopsis
A satiric and timely political drama about terrorism, revolution, and the power of memory. In an unnamed place and time, an idealistic soldier named Joe strikes up an illicit friendship with a political prisoner named Thorne, who eventually recruits him into a bloody coup d'etat. But in the post-revolutionary world, what Thorne asks of Joe leads the two men into bitter conflict, spiraling downward into madness until Joe's co-conspirators conclude that they must erase him from history.
international title: | Land of the Blind |
original title: | Land of the Blind |
country: | United Kingdom, United States |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Robert Edwards |
film run: | 101' |
cast: | Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Lara Flynn Boyle, Marc Warren, Ron Cook, Laura Fraser, Miranda Raison |
cinematography by: | Emmanuel Kadosh |
film editing: | Ferne Pearlstein |
art director: | Judy Farr |
costumes designer: | Phoebe De Gaye |
music: | Guy Farley |
producer: | Jon Avnet, Cerise Hallam |
production: | Avnet/Kerner Productions, Bauer Martinez Studios, Defender Production |
distributor: | Indies Film Distribution |