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2015

As I Open My Eyes

Directed by Leyla Bouzid

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.

Duration

1h 38m

Released

December 23, 2015

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6.6

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Cast8

  • Baya Medhaffer
  • Ghalia Ben Ali
  • Montassar Ayari
  • Aymen Omrani
  • Lassaad Jamoussi
  • Deena Abdelwahed
  • Youssef Soltana
  • Marwen Soltana

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