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September 9, 2016

111 months ago

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Sep 9, 2016

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As I Open My Eyes

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As I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as s...

As I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as the singer in a politically charged rock band. Director Leyla Bouzid's musical feature debut offers a nuanced portrait of the individual implications of the incipient Arab Spring.

Drama Leyla Bouzid Baya Medhaffer Ghalia Benali Montassar Ayari Lassaad Jamoussi Aymen Omrani Deena Abdelwahed Youssef Soltana Kino Lorber

What the critics say

Based on 6 reviews, As I Open My Eyes gets an average review score of 72

80/100

variety.com
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A headstrong young woman in Tunisia bucks her parents and her repressive society in Leyla Bouzid’s impressive debut.

3278d ago

80/100

nytimes.com
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As I Open My Eyes is best when it observes the fraught but loving mother-daughter relationship between Hayet and Farah.

3278d ago

3/4

slantmagazine.com
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Leyla Bouzid successfully dramatizes how young people eroticize peril and risk due to a lack of experience.

3278d ago

70/100

hollywoodreporter.com
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Tunisian filmmaker Leyla Bouzid's feature debut stars Ghalia Benali as a mother who has a hard time keeping her rebellious rock chick daughter in check.

3278d ago

70/100

villagevoice.com
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"My country, oh my country, land of dust," sings eighteen-year-old Farah (Baya Medhaffer) as stage lights halo her curls in blue. "Your gates are closed, and bring misfortune."

3278d ago

2.5/4

rogerebert.com
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When these two are in top form at the story’s climax, it makes you wish a strong producer had induced Bouzid to toss the coming-of-age clichés and focus the entire film on the nascent political drama that makes its latter third so much more compelling than the rest.

3278d ago