As I Open My Eyes (2015)

Original title

À peine j'ouvre les yeux

Directed by

Leyla Bouzid

Genre

drama film, fiction film

Country

Tunisia, France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

U

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl in Tunis defies her family and a repressive society to perform with her rock band. Her passion for music clashes with the political turmoil and conservative expectations around her.

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What happens

As I Open My Eyes (French: À peine j'ouvre les yeux) is a 2015 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Baya Medhaffar stars as a teenage rock singer. The film is Bouzid's first feature. It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. However, the film was not included on the final list of submissions published by the Academy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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