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As I Open My Eyes

Original title: À peine j'ouvre les yeux
  • 20152015
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 42m
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6.7/10
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As I Open My Eyes (2015)
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A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a ... Read allA few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.A few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.
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  • Director
    • Leyla Bouzid
  • Writers
    • Leyla Bouzid
    • Marie-Sophie Chambon
  • Stars
    • Baya Medhaffar
    • Ghalia Benali
    • Montassar Ayari
  • Director
    • Leyla Bouzid
  • Writers
    • Leyla Bouzid
    • Marie-Sophie Chambon
  • Stars
    • Baya Medhaffar
    • Ghalia Benali
    • Montassar Ayari
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    • 2User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 18 nominations

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    Photos21

    Baya Medhaffar in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
    Ghalia Benali and Baya Medhaffar in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
    Baya Medhaffar in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
    Baya Medhaffar and Montassar Ayari in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
    Baya Medhaffar in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
    Baya Medhaffar and Montassar Ayari in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
    Baya Medhaffar in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
    Aymen Omrani, Baya Medhaffar, and Montassar Ayari in As I Open My Eyes (2015)
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    Baya Medhaffar
    Baya Medhaffar
    • Farah
    • (as Baya Medhaffer)
    Ghalia Benali
    • Hayet
    Montassar Ayari
    • Borhène
    Lassaad Jamoussi
    • Mahmoud
    Aymen Omrani
    Aymen Omrani
    • Ali
    Deena Abdelwahed
    • Inès
    Youssef Soltana
    • Ska - le batteur
    Marwen Soltana
    • Sami
    Najoua Mathouthi
    • Ahlem
    Younes Ferhi
    • Moncef
    Fethi Akkari
    • Ighal - le poète du bar
    • (as Fathi Akkeri)
    Salwa Mohamed Ali
    • Hamida
    • (as Saloua Mohamed)
    Kais Klaia
    • Le chauffeur de taxi
    Touafik Hammami
    • Le gardien
    Wajdi Cherif
    • Le dragueur
    Jamil Najjar
    • Policier interrogatoire
    Walid Ben Khlifa
    • Le second policier de l'interrogatoire
    Mourad Gharsalli
    • Un policier
    • Director
      • Leyla Bouzid
    • Writers
      • Leyla Bouzid
      • Marie-Sophie Chambon
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    • Trivia
      In a scene when Farah talks with her father in a restaurant in the background we can see Nouri Bouzid who is the father of Layla Bouzid and he is also a famous director in Tunisia.
    • Soundtracks
      Mel Fadda (From Boredom / De l'ennui)
      Vocals by Baya Medhaffar (as Baya Medhaffar)

      Music by Khyam Allami

      Lyrics By Ghassen Amami

      Performed by Joujima (Montassar Ayari (oud), Deena Abdelwahed (keys & electronics), Marwen Soltana (bass) and Youssef Soltana (drums), Deena Abdelwahed (backing vocals),Baya Medhaffar)

      (p) & © 2016 Nawa Recordings

    User reviews2

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    7/10
    A lenient story about middle-class revolutionist in Tunis
    "As I Open My Eyes" is a story about tense political situation (before Arab Spring) without a political message. It would have been too easy to dramatize this coming-of-age -story with extreme episodes of resistance against Tunisian totalitarianism, just before Jasmine Revolution in 2011. Instead, we follow quite familiar narrative that could happen' anywhere in Europe: young multi-talented woman, Farah has to decide if she wants to become a rock singer or to agree with her mother and go to medial school.

    Most of the conflicts in this narrative are inside the family. Only lately do we understand, as well as Farah, that her career as a rock-singer has been protected by a family friend. When the real political situation is exposed and the band has to stop performing, the bigger conflict with the totalitarian police forces is even too familiar from many similar movies. It seems to be very difficult to find the right tone for this kind of situation: to show the psychological effects without exploitation of the subject and female characters. This film is trying to find a compromise between psychological and political realism, but there are too many characters in the way.

    The last third part of the film is kind of lame considering what we have seen before, and there are some loose strings in the background story of Farah's parents, but still it's a film that will widen your cultural horizon a lot. The wild and beautiful songs that Farah sings are reason enough to see this movie.
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    • Nov 18, 2016

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    • Release date
      • December 23, 2015 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Tunisia
      • France
      • Belgium
      • United Arab Emirates
      • Switzerland
    • Official site
      • Hakka Distribution Page
    • Languages
      • Arabic
      • French
    • Also known as
      • À Peine J'ouvre les Yeux
    • Filming locations
      • Tunis, Tunisia
    • Production companies
      • Blue Monday Productions
      • Propaganda Production
      • Hélicotronc
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $30,989
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,189
      • Sep 11, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $50,721
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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