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Take My Eyes

2003 · 103 min

A quietly suffocating, clear-eyed look at a woman's slow reawakening and the pull of a dangerous love, hard to shake.

Directed by
Icíar Bollaín
Genres
Romance, Drama
Tagline
Where it reads 'home' read 'hell'. Where it reads 'love' there is pain
Overview
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...

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Directed by
Icíar Bollaín
Genres
Romance, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • love
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Icíar Bollaín
Written by
Alicia Luna, Icíar Bollaín
Starring
Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa María Sardà, Kiti Mánver, Elisabet Gelabert, Nicolás Fernández Luna, David Mooney
Music
Alberto Iglesias
Cinematography
Carles Gusi
Runtime
103 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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