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The Eyes Closed (1974)

★ 6.5/10 118 min Drama France French
Director: Joël Santoni
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desarthe Yvan
Lorraine Rainer
Lorraine Rainer Xénie
Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio Le vieux monsieur
Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet Raoul
Lucien Raimbourg
Lucien Raimbourg Pépère

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