France / Apr 05, 1974
The Eyes Closed (1974)
Directed by Joël Santoni
1h 58minruntime
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Plot
Protagonist is the young actor Yvan. During a tour, he witnesses the inexplicable suicide of one of his fellow actors. Back in Paris he tells Xénie, the ex-lover of the dead actor. Xénie is in love with Yvan, but the latter sinks deeper and deeper into a personal crisis. At a certain point he acts being blind and buys a pair of glasses with black lenses. He is fascinated by his new, more restricted manner of seeing and refuses to open his eyes. Reality makes way for his more and more obsessive imagination. The mixture of fantasy and reality meant that Santoni's approach was compared with that of Buñuel.
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Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Les Yeux fermés |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Delfilms |
| Release date | 5 aprile 1974 |
| Production | Joël Santoni |
| Writer | Claude Breuer, Jeanne Bronner, Joël Santoni |
| Editing | Thierry Derocles |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Assistant directors | Joël Santoni |
| Camera operators | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Additional photography | Pierre-William Glenn |
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| Music | Terry Riley |
| Sound | Terry Riley |
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