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It would appear that Cesar has everything going for him - he's charming, rich and unbelievably handsome. But as we find out in Open Your Eyes, appearances can be deceiving. On the night of his twenty-fifth birthday Cesar meets Sof'a, and for the first time, thinks that he may have found the ideal woman. After spending an .. Read more
| Starring | Eduardo Noriega, Chete Lera, Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri |
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| Director | Alejandro Amenabar |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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It would appear that Cesar has everything going for him - he's charming, rich and unbelievably handsome. But as we find out in Open Your Eyes, appearances can be deceiving. On the night of his twenty-fifth birthday Cesar meets Sof'a, and for the first time, thinks that he may have found the ideal woman. After spending an evening laughing, talking and falling in love, Cesar leaves Sofia and is confronted by Nuria, an old girlfriend who he callously snubbed the night before. Upset at the way she was treated, Nuria begs Cesar for another chance, pleading with him to get in her car. Once in the car, Cesar realizes that he's made a grave mistake. In a jealous rage, Nuria drives her car off of the road, killing herself and disfiguring the once striking Cesar. After the fateful crash, fantasy and reality begin to blend together. Cesar wakes up in a psychiatric prison, undergoing evaluation for a killing that he can't quite remember. Working with a psychiatrist, Cesar leads us through the events that took place after the crash, trying to desperately figure out how he ended up in such a nightmare. If he can remember his face being fixed, then why does he still wear a mask? If Nuria died in a car crash, how did she come back to life? If Sofia was his true love, then why did he kill her? Is Cesar living in a dream or has he gone mad?
| Starring | Eduardo Noriega, Chete Lera, Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri, Penelope Cruz |
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| Director | Alejandro Amenabar |
| Studio | Lionsgate |
| Original title | Abre los ojos |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 54 mins |
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| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish LOVEFiLM Instant: Spanish |
| Subtitles | LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1997 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 19 Oct 2011 To Rent: DVD: 25 Feb 2002 |
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Open up your ending
Open your eyes is a mind screw of a movie, it keeps you tense and on edge till the very end and does its best to freak you out along the way which it does a ... read more »
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'Open Your Eyes' is moderately interesting 'Beauty and the Beast' tale with a bit of science fiction thrown in. Not a great film but worth ... read more »
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Ah Penelope...
Ah Penelope. Suddenly I understand Tom Cruise a little better... Great film, scary and tense at times, and any trickiness in the plot comes clear at the end.
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If you're tempted to watch Vanilla Sky, watch Open Your Eyes first...
Original version of Vanilla Sky, evidentially more gripping than the Hollywood remake. The Times Square shot is still favourite scene of both films. 7/10
This week, Penelope Cruz seeks to save her father’s soul and find the fountain of youth in a rejuvenated Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. No matter how that quest turns out or what the critics may say, there is no doubt that On Stranger Tides will be seen by many more people than any of Cruz’s past films – if it does as well as the previous adventures of Jack Sparrow, it could make more than all of her other films put together! Which prompts the question: is that level of... Read more