Summer Film Festival 4 Elements
- Saturday
- 24. 02. 2018
- Kino Akademik
- 18:00
As I Open My Eyes
À peine j'ouvre les yeux
Leyla Bouzid, FR/TN/BE, 2015, 102 min, OV + ES + SS
In the atmosphere of the omnipresent fear spread by the dictatorship in Tunisia in 2010, 18-year-old Farah longs to become a singer, despite her parents’ wishes to pursue a career in medicine. Farah loves life; she doesn’t hesitate to get drunk, discover love and explore the corners of the city at night, just a few months before the Tunisian Revolution. The film is an impressive debut of Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid; it mediates tension that a few years ago filled the country and offers an insight at a young engaged heroine, whose dreams and desires are confronted by the political and social situation.
The film will be screened together with the pre-film Saint Jane.