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Gael Garcia Bernal is expecting his first child with fellow actor, Dolores Fonzi.

Bernal is most known for his roles in Y Tu Mama Tamiben, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. Bernal first met Fonzi in 2001 on the set of Private Lives, an Argentine film.

The baby is due at the start of next year.

Bernal can be seen the upcoming Fernando Meirelles directed drama, Blindness, alongside Julianne Moore in September.

Canadians will get a look at “Blindness” when the drama kicks off next month’s Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax.

Organizers announced on Friday they have selected the Canadian-Brazilian-Japanese co-production to open the 28th edition of the annual event, which will take place Sept. 11 to 20.

Last year’s opener was “Shake Hands with the Devil,” starring Roy Dupuis as Romeo Dallaire.

“Blindness,” based on Jose Saramago’s critically acclaimed novel, centres on a mysterious epidemic that robs the citizens of an unnamed city of their sight, and the events that follow.

Fernando Meirelles, who previously helmed “City of God” and “The Constant Gardener,” directed an international cast that includes Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover (U.S.), Gael Garcia Bernal (Mexico), Alice Braga (Brazil), Yusuke Iseya (Japan), and Sandra Oh, Maury Chaykin and Don McKellar (Canada).

McKellar also adapted the screenplay from the novel.

Most of the film was shot in Sao Paulo, Brazil, though some scenes were shot in Toronto and Guelph, Ontario, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay.

The movie, which served as the opener at the Cannes International Film Festival in May, was recently announced as a Special Presentation at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.

It is scheduled for limited theatrical release in North America in September.