Close Your Eyes

Original title: Cerrar los ojos

2023
2h 49m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

3.5K

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A Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the... Read allA Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.A Spanish actor disappears during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police conclude that he has suffered an accident at the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the mystery returns to the present day.

Director
- Víctor Erice
Writers
- Víctor Erice
- Michel Gaztambide
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

3.5K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Víctor Erice
Writers
- Víctor Erice
- Michel Gaztambide
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 21 wins & 59 nominations

Trivia
Víctor Erice had a public falling-out with Thierry Frémaux, the artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival, after Close Your Eyes (2023) failed to be selected for the Official Competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. The film was instead placed in the Cannes Première sidebar. Erice had submitted an in-progress version of the film to Cannes in March 2023, followed by a further version with the final colour grading and sound mixes, and had requested that Frémaux inform him in advance whether the film would be in the Official Competition so that, in the event that it was not, Erice could take the film to another festival such as Venice or Locarno. Erice stated that there was no communication from Frémaux to him as he had requested and that he discovered the film had been selected for the Cannes Première section when the Festival's lineup was announced on 13 April. Erice did not attend the Cannes screening of the film. Erice's previous two feature films, El Sur (1983) and Dream of Light (1992), had played in the Official Competition at Cannes, with Dream of Light winning the Jury prize.

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4/10

I closed my eyes

The title of the movie has to refer to what happens to you when you watch it. Jokes aside it's the first time I fall asleep in the cinema while watching a movie. The seats weren't tall enough so I couldn't rest my head and I was constantly falling asleep in the void and then instantly waking ip. That was going on for the last 45 minutes of the film. Has to be the slower movie I've ever watched. I was waiting for a climax or something to compensate me but it wasn't there. Nothing ever happened. Everything stays unanswered which is not bad by itself but in this case some answers would be the least.