Take My Eyes
2005
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"... Throughout the story of Take my Eyes, Pilar rewrites a marriage agreement where nothing was right. Where it .. Read more
| Starring | Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Pena, Rosa Maria Sarda |
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| Director | Iciar Bollain, Icíar Bollaín |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Take My Eyes
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"... Throughout the story of Take my Eyes, Pilar rewrites a marriage agreement where nothing was right. Where it said "home", there was hell. "Love" was pain, and the person who promised "protection" brought only terror... But a change in part of the text alters the rest... maybe even tearing it to shreds.
| Starring | Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Pena, Rosa Maria Sarda, Kiti Manver |
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| Director | Iciar Bollain, Icíar Bollaín |
| Studio | DRAKES AVENUE PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 06 Jun 2005 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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This award-winning social drama from Iciar Bollain is a painful and unforgettable experience. Having walked out after suffering years of physical and mental humiliation, Pilar (Laia Marull) contemplates returning to her husband, Antonio (Luis Tosar), when he claims to have finally controlled his violent temper. Marull's anguish is heart-rending; her portrayal of a broken spirit on the verge of repair too touching for words. Equally, Tosar's gruffly tender brute makes one understand why his wife wants their marriage to work. Co-writer/director Bollain navigates her way through the emotional minefield of domestic abuse with astonishing deftness and an even-handed tone, building to a denouement of incredible power. Leavened with barbed humour, and with the historic Toledo backdrop further adding to the misplaced sense of romance, this is an understated tour de force.
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Although the subject of domestic abuse hardly seems enticing, former actress Bollaíns second feature, which swept... read more on Time Out
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13 out of 16 people found this review helpful
not great
very boring, such a slow script, and subtitles only
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Beyond stereotypes
Escaping from the random cliches about domestic violence, the heart-breaking story of Take My Eyes describes with very eloquent pace and clever script the complexities of this subject. The husband, masterly played by Luis Tosar, rotten inside by inferiority complex, frustration and jealousy, beats to the pulp and terrorises his wife, his guilt hidden by a sexist and patriarcal education. Her, Laia Marull, who loves, or fights to love him in spite of the phisycal and psychical brutality, has to overcome her own fear and the socially imposed barriers to leave him and save her life.
A fair and well documented account on domestic abuse thanks to Iciar Bollain, one of the best authors of European social cinema -
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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 ... -