Close Your Eyes (2023)
aka Cerrar los ojos
First screened in December 2024
Director: Víctor Erice. Cast: Manolo Solo, Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent, Josep María Pou, Helena Miquel, Mario Pardo, Soledad Villamil, Antonio Dechent, Dani Téllez, Rocío Molina, Alejandro Caballero Ramis, María León, Petra Martínez, Ana María, Juan Margallo, Kao Chenmin, Venecia Franco. Screenplay: Víctor Erice and Michel Gaztambide (based on a screen story by Víctor Erice).

   
Photo © 2023 Tandem Films / Nautilus Films /
Pecado Films / La mirada del adiós A.I.E.,
© 2024 Film Movement
In Brief: Profound statements on life and art by a retiring artist both encapsulating a career and testing new possibilities.

VOR: ⑤  Maestro of color-rich 35mm lensing adapts to digital in topically resonant ways. Worshipful and skeptical toward cinema. Disarmingly tender, but sharp.

Grade: A

Awards:
National Society of Film Critics: Special Citation for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution
Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars): Best Supporting Actor (Coronado)
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