Film Medical Theme: Malvoyance et Cécité

Magnificent Obsession

Language : English

Year : 1954

Featuring : Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush

Medical Theme : Blindness

Story Line : Bob Merrick is a millionaire playboy. His lavish and self-serving lifestyle inadvertently leads to the death of a prominent local doctor, Wayne Phillips. Dr.Philip's widow Helen tries to overcome the shock as well as resist the advances of Bob Merrick. His persistence results in an accident in which Helen loses her sight. Bob feels guilty and devotes his life to medicine to find a way to restore Helen's eyesight.

Blindness

Language : English

Year : 2008 Coming Soon

Featuring : Juliana Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga

Medical Theme : Epidemic / Blindness

Story Line : A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "White Blindness". The authorities put them in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down quarantine. Criminals and the physically powerful among them prey upon the weak. A doctor's wife is the only person with the ability to see and she feigns blindness in order to help her husband and other inmates to escape. The story is based on a novel by Nobel Prize Winner Jose Saramago.

Amazing Grace

Language : English

Year : 2006

Featuring : Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Benedict Cumber batch

Medical Theme : Blindness / Colitis

Story Line : This is an inspiring story based on a legendary historical British Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce. During the late 18th century and early 19th century, a very young Wilberforce is elected to Parliament and over the course of several decades leads the fight to ban slavery. When he is vacationing for health reason, he finds a soul mate in Barbara Spooner. Wilberforce fruitlessly fights both public indifference and moneyed opposition. Nevertheless, he continues to fight for social justice.

Proof

Language : English

Year : 1991

Medical Theme : Blindness

Actors : Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot, Russell Crowe

Storyline : Martin is blind and he is insecure. He believes in no one after he is convinced his mother had told him a lie once when was a child, taking advantage of his blindness while actually she had only told him the truth. So he takes random photographs of things around him and shows it to different people and listens to their descriptions, so he can get some kind of an idea of the world around him. Now, Martin meets Andy, and Martin likes listening to Andy describing his photographs and he believes him. In-between their friendship stood Celia, Martin’s helper who loves him madly and when she finds out her love is not requited she becomes angry and starts to make things difficult for all three of them by being disruptive.

Ray

Language : English

Year : 2004

Medical Theme : Blindness

Actors : Jamie Foxx, Christopher Dwayne, Sanders.

Storyline : The legendary musician Ray Charles is brought to life in this Academy award winning movie, played by Jamie Foxx. Ray Charles goes blind at the age of seven after the death of his brother and with the support of his strong willed mother, Ray goes on to conquer the glamourous entertainment world and fights his way to become a legend.

Rumble Fish

Language : English

Year : 1983

Medical Theme : Night blindness/ deafness

Actors : Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane

Storyline : Rumble Fish is a film about Rusty James and his older brother, ‘The Motorcycle Boy’ and the unique relationship they share. They both live in a poor Oklahoma neighborhood, where they spend most of their time, wasting with girls and fighting with other neighboring gangs. ‘The Motorcycle Boy’, though he spends his time mostly with the neighboring gangs, he is not entirely like other ordinary boys and he has visions. Apart from all the talents he is blessed with, he is Colour blind and is also partially deaf. His brother Rusty on the other hand is a normal kid, who has normal thirsts for normal teenage pleasures. The film is about how the two brothers stand up for each other and love each other in their own unique ways, in spite of their differences.

Scent of a Woman

Language : English

Year : 1993

Medical Theme : Blindness

Actors : Al Pacino, Chris O’Donnell, James Rebhorn.

Storyline : The story revolves around retired Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino), who is blind, an alcoholic and hard to handle because of his tough nature. Unfortunately Charlie, a college student who is looking for part time job, ends up finding a job that primarily involves taking care of Frank. Frank takes Charlie on an adventure to New York, where they spend money and have fun in style. Frank takes a liking to Charlie while in New York and their friendship in the end turns’ out to be a life changing experience for them both .

The Valkyrie

Language : English

Year : 2009

Medical Theme : Physical disability/ partial blindness

Actors : Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Carice Von Houten

Storyline : Actor Tom Cruise, in the movie The Valkyrie plays the role of a German war hero, Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg who was killed on Hitler’s orders for trying to overthrow him in a failed attempt. Colonel Stauffenberg is fatally wounded in Tunisia and he ends up loosing a hand and an eye. After his recovery, Stauffenberg is determined to overthrow Hitler’s regime, keeping in mind the greater good of his nation and also the world as a whole. Though Stauffenberg knows that he is risking his own life in the process, he still designs Operation Valkyrie, hoping he could overthrow Hitler.