As I Open My Eyes

As I Open My Eyes

98 mins | Drama | Dec. 23, 2015

Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.

As I Open My Eyes

98 mins | Drama | Dec. 23, 2015

As I Open My Eyes
Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she doesn't have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Hélicotronc, Blue Monday Productions, Propaganda Production
Original title À peine j'ouvre les yeux
Directors Leyla Bouzid
Writers Marie-Sophie Chambon, Leyla Bouzid

Cast

Baya Medhaffer

as Farah

Ghalia Benali

as Hayet

Montassar Ayari

as Borhène

Aymen Omrani

as Ali

Lassaad Jamoussi

as Mahmoud

Deena Abdelwahed

as Inès

Marwen Soltana

as Sami