7.8 /10 1 Votes
100% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Leyla Bouzid Starring Baya Medhaffer Cinematography Sébastien Goepfert Director Leyla Bouzid Box office 50,656 USD | 6.9/10 IMDb 2.5/4 Roger Ebert Produced by Sandra da Fonseca Music by Khyam Allami Initial release 6 October 2016 (Germany) Music director Khyam Allami Producer Sandra da Fonseca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Leyla Bouzid
Marie-Sophie Chambon Cast Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali, Aymen Omrani, Younes Ferhi, Fethi Akkari Similar Movies about singing, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As i open my eyes clip festival 2015
As I Open My Eyes (French: À peine j'ouvre les yeux) is a 2015 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Baya Medhaffar stars as a teenage rock singer. The film is Bouzid's first feature. It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. However, the film was not included on the final list of submissions published by the Academy.
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Plot
In the summer of 2010 just before the start of the Jasmine Revolution, Farah joins a rock band as their lead singer. She continues to sing and rebel even as the police begin to follow her and her movements are monitored.
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Reception
The film received positive reviews upon its release. It holds a 100% fresh ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.5 average rating. The critic for Variety called it an "impressive debut" and called Medhaffer's acting "a stand-out lead perf". A critic for Indiewire gave the film a score of A- and called it "the Best Fictional Film Yet About the Arab Spring" The Hollywood Reporter was less enthused about the film criticizing its "mostly familiar notes" but praising the cinematography and acting.