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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 | |
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Dani Codina | ... | Iván |
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Andrea Hermosa | ... | Lía |
Daniel Grao | ... | Dr. Román | |
Pere Ventura | ... | Policía Aparcamiento 1 | |
Oscar Foronda | ... | Policía Aparcamiento 2 | |
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Ramón Moreno | ... | Enfermero 1 |
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José Sánchez Orosa | ... | Enfermero 2 (as José Sánchez) |
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Carlus Fàbrega | ... | Subinspector (as Carlus Fabrega) |
After the death of the blind Sara, who hanged herself in the basement of her house, her twin sister Julia suspects that she was actually murdered. Julia has a degenerative problem with 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 the blind, which Sara frequented, and she learns from other members that Sara had a boyfriend. Julia is chased by a mysterious man, but police inspector Dimas does not believe her. Julia follows Sara's last steps trying to find the identity of her secret lover. Julia is surrounded by deaths and weird events while she loses her sight. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I watched the Julia's Eyes world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival a couple of days ago, and I have to say that although I was entertained, it did fall short of my expectations. Seeing how the film was produced by Guillermo del Toro, I was really hoping for a horror/thriller on par with Pans Labyrinth or The Orphanage.
Julia's Eyes does have an original idea at its core and that's what keeps you guessing and entertained through the duration of the film. Unfortunately the film does fall into some cliché horror jump scares and the plot does not completely come together. It feels as though the filmmaker started with a great idea but wasn't fully able to pull it all together cohesively in the end. I want to keep this review spoiler free so I'm not going to get into any plot details, but suffice to say that the antagonist's plot line does not come to a rewarding conclusion.
That said, I think there is a lot to like here, the acting is great, some wholly original ideas are explored and there is enough tense and truly scary scenes to keep most horror/thriller fans happy.
Julia's Eyes is a film I enjoyed on the whole and I think people should seek out.