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Features: DVD, Spanish, Dolby Surround Sound, English, Subtitled
Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) appears to have everything--he is charming, rich and very handsome--but his decision to climb into the car of the woman he's just snubbed changes his life, looks and loves--and possibly his grip on reality. From a young successful man enjoying his twenty-fifth birthday and falling in love with the woman of his dreams, Sofia (Penelope Cruz), he becomes paranoid, pathetic, and hideously scarred--physically and mentally. The world he knows and understands is falling apart and he finds himself in a psychiatric prison for a murder he can't remember. The more he delves into his psyche the worse the nightmare becomes. Is Cesar's hell a dream, or has he gone mad?
"A terrific psychological thriller!" Jane Horowitz, Washington Post
Editor's Note
Handsome 25-year-old César (Eduardo Noriega) has it all--a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women. Unfortunately, he can't get rid of his latest conquest, Nuria (Najwa Nimri) soon enough. When she crashes his birthday party, César uses his best friend Pelayo's stunningly attractive girlfriend, Sofia (Penélope Cruz), as a means to her. The next morning, Nuria is waiting in her car outside his apartment and manages to coax him into the vehicle. The next thing César knows, he's wearing a mask to conceal a horrible disfiguration while being interrogated in a prison held on a murder charge. Alejandro Amenábar's thriller distorts both the viewer's and César's perception of reality with a series of mind-bending plot twists, ensuring that this intriguing Spanish production will keep you guessing until its final moments.
| Features | Production Notes | | Digitally Mastered | | Spanish Dolby 2.0 Surround | | English Subtitles | | Cast and Crew Information | | Scene Access | | Interactive Menus | | Widescreen 16:9 |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Artisan |
| Release Date: 3/11/2008 |
| Running Time: 117 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 12159 | | UPC: 00012236121596 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Spanish | | Available Audio Tracks: Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Total Film
"...The label 'psychological thriller' doesn't do justice to the playful, enjoyably perplexing OPEN YOUR EYES..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 03/01/2000 p.77Entertainment Weekly
"...Intricate thriller..." -- Rating: B 10/08/1999 p.77 New York Times
"...OPEN YOUR EYES is a film with enough intellectual meat on its stylish bones to give more adventurous moviegoers something to chew on afterward..." 04/16/1999 p.E20 Box Office
"...Successful both as suspense and as philosophy, OPEN YOUR EYES is sci-fi for the more serious-minded..." 04/01/1999 p.233 USA Today
"...Intriguing..." 04/16/1999 p.5E Los Angeles Times
"...A complex, disturbing, occasionally terrifying story that wreaks havoc with our own fragile sense of what's real and what's not..." 04/16/1999 p.F6 Reel Views 9 of 10
Films of this intelligence, audacity, and complexity come along so rarely that it's mandatory to cry out their arrival... It is a piece of cinema that will have viewers guessing and questioning from beginning to end... The performance of the two leads are extraordinary. - James Berardinelli
The New York Times 7 of 10
...a film with enough intellectual meat on its stylish bones to give more adventurous moviegoers something to chew on afterward... - Lawrence Van Gelder
Washington Post 10 of 10
A terrific Psychological thriller! - Jane Horwitz
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