Open Your Eyes

Open Your Eyes

1997 · 117 min · ES · R · 7.5 (924 votes)
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar · Starring Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez, Najwa Nimri, Gérard Barray · Music Mariano Marín
DramaThrillerScience Fiction

A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.

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This is an unsettling, melancholic slow-burn that plunges you into a disorienting psychological spiral. It explores fractured identity and the blurring lines of reality with a dreamlike, existential sci-fi style. A tense, thought-provoking experience best suited for a late-night solo watch, leaving you questioning perception long after it ends.

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