Julia's Eyes (2010)
"Los ojos de Julia" (original title)

The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister.

Director:

Guillem Morales

Writers:

Guillem Morales (screenplay), Oriol Paulo (screenplay)

Stars:

Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui

10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Belén Rueda	...	Julia Levin / Sara
Lluís Homar	...	Isaac
Pablo Derqui	...	Ángel
Francesc Orella	...	Inspector Dimas
Joan Dalmau	...	Créspulo
Julia Gutiérrez Caba	...	Soledad
Boris Ruiz	...	Blasco
Dani Codina	...	Iván
Andrea Hermosa	...	Lía
Daniel Grao	...	Dr. Román
Pere Ventura	...	Policía Aparcamiento 1
Òscar Foronda	...	Policía 2 Aparcamiento (as Oscar Foronda)
Ramón Moreno	...	Enfermero 1
José Sánchez Orosa	...	Enfermero 2 (as José Sánchez)
Carlos Fabregas	...	Subinspector (as Carlus Fabrega)

Storyline

After the death of the blind Sara, who hung herself in the basement of her house, her twin sister Julia suspects that she was actually murdered. Julia has a degenerative problem in her eyes and is losing her sight and she temporarily moves with her husband Isaac to Sara's house to arrange her funeral. Julia goes to the Centro Baumann for blinds where Sara frequented and she learns from the others blind users that Sara had a boyfriend. Julia is chased by a mysterious man but the police inspector Dimas does not believe on her. Julia follows the last steps of Sara trying to find the identity of her secret lover. Julia is surrounded by deaths and weird events while she loses her sight.

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Taglines:

En la oscuridad no puedes esconderte (You can't hide in the dark)

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es] Official site [fr]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

29 October 2010 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Julia's Eyes

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£49,142 (UK) (20 May 2011)

Gross:

£49,142 (UK) (20 May 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Antena 3 Films, Canal+ España, Catalan Film and Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Invisible Man (1933)

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Soundtracks

"Mirando y amándote"
Written and Performed by Óscar Machancoses

User Reviews

Blinded by the poor script

There have been some exceptional Spanish horrors made in recent years such as The Orphanage and Rec. and the Spaniards seem to be head and shoulders above the Americans at the moment when it comes to this genre.

Julia's Eyes is not really in the same ball park as the above films but it is still looks great never the less. This is a film about a sister who's blind twin dies unexpectedly and because she has inherited the same disease that makes her blind she begins to find out the hard way what exactly happened to her sibling.

There are some really good things about this movie and there are some really bad things. Firstly the way we see things happen on screen depending on the sight of Julia is very clever. I like how we don't see the characters faces when Julia cant either. Secondly , Belén Rueda is superb as Julia and is totally convincing and she has to be because the script is all over the place . There are so many things going on in this film that don't make sense or that people wouldn't do in real life , it spoils it a little. Yet i still liked it despite it's obvious flaws.