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Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed

Original title: Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados
  • 20132013
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  • 1h 48m
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Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
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In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
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    • Javier Cámara
    • Natalia de Molina
    • Francesc Colomer
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    Javier Cámara
    Javier Cámara
    • Antonio
    Natalia de Molina
    Natalia de Molina
    • Belén
    Francesc Colomer
    Francesc Colomer
    • Juanjo
    Ramon Fontserè
    • Ramón
    Rogelio Fernández
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    Jorge Sanz
    Jorge Sanz
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    Ariadna Gil
    Ariadna Gil
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    Violeta Rodríguez
    • Julia
    Léo Rodríguez
    • Javi
    Tristán Rodríguez
    • Jesús
    Olivia Trueba
    • Maribel
    Catalina Sagredo
    • Bebé
    Joaquín Fernández
    • Clase Colegio
    Sasha Di Bendetto
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    Rodrigo Pascual
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    Daniel Gómez
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    Óscar López
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      • David Trueba
      • David Trueba
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      Official submission of Spain to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.
    • Goofs
      At the end of the movie, it is stated that, after the events depicted in the film, all Beatles LPs included printed lyrics. This is not true: The LPs that featured lyrics were Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol LP and Parlophone EP), and The Beatles (AKA The White Album). Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be didn't include them.

      Although Yellow Submarine was not a "true" Beatles LP (featuring just one side of Beatles' music, 2 songs already released and the other unreleased 4 recorded two years ago, we can say then the only two LPs that didn't feature the lyrics are Abbey Road and Let It Be.

      Some post-breakup releases included printed lyrics: 1973: 1962-1966 (Red Album), 1967-1970 (Blue Album), 1977: Love Songs.
    • Connections
      Features El padre Manolo (1967)
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      Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

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    9/10
    Outstanding 'little' movie from Spain
    "Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed" (2013 release from Spain) brings the story of Antonio, a thirty-something English teacher. The time is 1066 and the place is Spain. Antonio is Beatles-obsessed, and as the movie opens we see him using the lyrics of "Help" to teach his class. When Antonio finds out that John Lennon is in southern Spain (to film "How I Won the War"), Antonio decides to drive down, determined to meet Lennon. Along the way, Antonio picks up two teenage runaways: first there is Belén, whom we later learn escaped from a nuns' caretaker place to go back to her mom in Malaga. A bit later there is Juango, a 16 yr. old who tired of his father's dictatorial antics. To tell you more would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see it for yourself how it all plays out.

    Couple of comments: this is the latest movie from well-known Spanish writer-director David Trueba (he also brought us "Madrid, 1987"). Here, Trueba mixes facts (Lennon was indeed in Almeria, Spain then, and he did write the basis for "Strawberry Fields Forever" at that time) and fiction (the three main characters) to bring us a wonderful little film about the hopes and dreams of these three people who come to depend on each other more than they realize, and along the way find a renewed lease on life. The movie does a great job of establishing the insecurities and flaws of the main characters, without ever going overboard or falling into sentimentalism.Natalia de Molina (remarkably similar in appearance to Dakota Johnson) is sensational as Belén You'll enjoy the movie even more if you are a Beatles fan (is there anyone who doesn't like the Beatles?). At one point, Antonio laments the fact that the Beatles albums do not contain the lyrics to the songs. "John, give us a break!", he sighs, ha! Also, I don't know this for a fact, but I believe that the demo version that we hear in the movie of "Strawberry Fields Forever" is the same one that we hear (partially) on the Beatles Anthology 2 compilation0.

    I recently stumbled upon this movie while browsing the foreign film section at my local library. So glad that I picked this up! As the movie approached its conclusion, I so wished that it could've played just a little longer, as I was not ready to say goodbye to these three endearing characters. If you are in the mood for a top notch foreign movie, you cannot go wrong with this. "Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed" is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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      • October 31, 2013 (Spain)
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      • Almería, Andalucía, Spain
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      • Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas
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      • Canal+ España
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