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Close Your Eyes

Summary Set in contemporary Madrid, an aging filmmaker named Miguel Garay is called upon to recount his memories of working on his final and still unfinished film, “The Farewell Gaze.” During its production, the lead actor and Miguel’s close friend, Julio Arenas, disappeared without a trace, leaving in his wake a mystery that would haunt the liv...

Directed By: Víctor Erice

Written By: Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • Avalon
  • 2 h 49 m
  • 2024
  • Avalon
  • 2 h 49 m

Close Your Eyes

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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85
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary Set in contemporary Madrid, an aging filmmaker named Miguel Garay is called upon to recount his memories of working on his final and still unfinished film, “The Farewell Gaze.” During its production, the lead actor and Miguel’s close friend, Julio Arenas, disappeared without a trace, leaving in his wake a mystery that would haunt the liv...

Directed By: Víctor Erice

Written By: Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 22 Critic Reviews
85
86% Positive
19 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 22 Critic Reviews
85
86% Positive
19 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Aug 31, 2024
Using a style of elegant lyricism, which enshrines tiny moments into glisteningly miraculous turning points, Erice lets the exchanges between the people he’s conceived play out without the need to advance the plot.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
100
May 25, 2023
Erice’s fourth feature is a stirring tale about memory, identity, and friendship, and it feels deeply, almost alarmingly personal.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
90
Aug 22, 2024
Though this intricate scenario neatly develops upon its director’s catalogue, Close Your Eyes still feels singular and prodigious – a film that works just as well for those unfamiliar with Erice, moving with the viewer to unveil its secrets.
By Saffron Maeve FULL REVIEW
85
Jul 10, 2023
An atypically told, but typically big-issue film from revered Spanish maestro Victor Erice, Close Your Eyes is a passionate and engaging reflection on art, memory, identity and recapturing time past.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
83
May 26, 2023
Erice and co-writer Michel Gaztambide satisfyingly resolve the primary mystery while letting possible accompanying details and circumstances swim teasingly in our minds.
By David Katz FULL REVIEW
80
May 25, 2023
It is a mysterious, digressive, long and baggily constructed film possessed of a distinctive richness and humanity, all about the balance between memory and forgetting which we all negotiate as we come to the end of our lives.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
60
May 25, 2023
Close Your Eyes finally builds a head of emotional steam in its last half hour, while exploring questions of identity and what remains when memory has gone.
By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.3
63% Positive
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25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
7.3
63% Positive
5 Ratings
25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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LeiTherapy7
Aug 24, 2024
good one and has a solid story telling for the young generation. The last30 mins of climax was up to the mark.
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Production Company La mirada del adiós, Tandem Films, Nautilus Films, Pecado Films, Pampa Films, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE), Movistar Plus+, Vodafone, Canal Sur Radio y Televisión, Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB), TeleMadrid, Crea SGR, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Junta de Andalucía, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Comunidad de Madrid, Film in Granada, Diputación de Granada, Film Factory Entertainment
Release Date Aug 23, 2024
Duration 2 h 49 m
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Website https://www.filmmovement.com/close-your-eyes
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Awards

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 4 Wins & 12 Nominations
Goya Awards
• 1 Win & 11 Nominations
CinEuphoria Awards
• 4 Wins & 10 Nominations

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