First Look: National Geographic’s Blink

I wanted to let you guys know about National Geographics latest family film, BLINK, which hits theaters nationwide and throughout Canada on Friday, October 4th.

From Academy Award Winning director, Daniel Roher (Navalny), BLINK follows the Pelletier family on their unforgettable trip around the world following the diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment, in three of their four children.

 

Leo, Colin, Laurent, Mia, Sebastien Pelletier, a local sherpa, and Edith Lemay take a brief rest while trekking to the Poon Hill viewpoint in Nepal. 

(Clockwise from left) Mia, Colin, Laurent, and Leo Pelletier lay in the snow and look up to the sky in Kuujjuaq, Canada.

SYNOPSIS

When three of their four children are diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare and incurable disease that leads to severe visual impairment, the Pelletier family’s world changes forever. In the face of this life-altering news, Edith Lemay, Sébastien Pelletier and their children set out on a journey around the world to experience all its beauty while they still can. As they fill their memories with breathtaking destinations and once-in-a-lifetime encounters, the family’s love, resilience and unshakeable sense of wonder ensure that their uncertain future does not define their present.

DIRECTED BY: Edmund Stenson and Daniel Roher

FEATURING: Edith Lemay, Sébastien Pelletier, Mia Pelletier, Léo Pelletier, Colin Pelletier, Laurent Pelletier, François Lemay, Pauline Sirois

PRODUCED BY: Melanie Miller, p.g.a. and Diane Becker, p.g.a.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: Amit Dey, Bob Moore, Carolyn Bernstein

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Jean-Sébastien Francoeur

EDITED BY: Ryan Mullins, Miranda Yousef, a.c.e.

 

(Credit: National Geographic/Katie Orlinsky)

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