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Open Your Eyes

1997 · 117 min

A sleek, disorienting plunge where glossy romance curdles into nightmare, keeping you unsure what is real until the vertiginous final leap.

Overview
Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • love
  • deception
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour2
Realism4
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, thriller, science fiction
Directed by
Alejandro Amenábar
Written by
Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
Starring
Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez, Najwa Nimri, Gérard Barray, Jorge de Juan, Miguel Palenzuela
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
117 min
Country
Spain, France, Italy
Languages
Spanish

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