Cannes balances glamor with `Blindness'

 
AP - CANNES, France (AP) — Fernando Meirelles did boys with guns in "City of God" and murderous corporations in "The Constant Gardener." With "Blindness," the opening night entry at the Cannes Film Festival, the Brazilian director exposes the world's ultimate savages: your friends and neighbors. [link]

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