Will We All Be Blind Tomorrow? (2018): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2018, Will We All Be Blind Tomorrow? is a documentary film directed by Christophe Kilian, running about 52 minutes.

What it’s about. Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions. Some scientists think they have found a reason why. East Asia has been gripped by an unprecedented rise in myopia. Today, up to 90% of Chinese teenagers and young adults are short-sighted. Other parts of the world have also seen a dramatic increase in the condition, which now affects around half of young adults in the USA and Europe. By some estimates, the world may count nearly half a billion of blind people in 2050. In severe cases, the deformation of the eyeball increases the risk of retinal detachment, cataracts, glaucoma and even blindness. About one-fifth of university-aged people in East Asia now have this extreme form of myopia, and half of them are expected to develop irreversible vision loss. This threat has prompted a rise in research to try to understand the causes of the disorder — and scientists are beginning to find answers…

Who’s in it. Will We All Be Blind Tomorrow? stars Valérie Bettencourt as Narrator, Éric Chantelauze as Additional voice, Olivier Angèle as Additional voice and Fabien Autin as Additional voice, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 10.0/10, Will We All Be Blind Tomorrow? sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Will We All Be Blind Tomorrow? page.

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