Take My Eyes

    Take My Eyes
    2003

    Synopsis

    One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...

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    Cast

    • Laia MarullPilar
    • Luis TosarAntonio
    • Candela PeñaAna
    • Rosa María SardàAurora
    • Kiti MánverRosa
    • Elisabet GelabertLola
    • Nicolás Fernández LunaJuan
    • David MooneyJohn
    • Chus GutiérrezRaquel
    • Elena IruretaCarmen

    Recommendations

    • 88

      TV Guide Magazine

      Harrowing, psychologically astute drama.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      An extraordinarily truthful and piercing drama.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      This tale of domestic abuse breaks little new stylistic or psychological ground, but it is a searing, well-acted drama that should strike universal chords.
    • 75

      New York Post

      The story isn't exactly new, but Bollain, an actress in her own right, keeps Take My Eyes from sinking into clichés.
    • 75

      The A.V. Club

      Take My Eyes might look and sound like an earnest message movie, but its bone-deep understanding of the tricky psychology of abuse feels effortlessly authentic.
    • 70

      Variety

      Handles the subject of domestic violence with intelligence and compassion.
    • 70

      Village Voice

      A disturbing take on domestic violence.
    • 60

      Film Threat

      Marull's Pilar is quietly powerful and agonizingly terrorized as the '50s-style wife muted and bound by duty.

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