Directed by:
Guillem MoralesCinematography:
Oscar FauraComposer:
Fernando VelázquezCast:
Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Pablo Derqui, Francesc Orella, Vanesa Prieto, Daniel Grao, Clara Segura, Joan Dalmau, Ángela Rosal (more)VOD (1)
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When a young woman, suffering from a degenerative eye disease, discovers her twin sister hanged in the basement of her house everything points to suicide. Itched by other suspicions Julia (Belén Rueda, The Orphanage) decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case and embarks on a dark journey where the emanating light is literally fading to a flicker at the tunnel’s twisted end. As Julia begins to uncover the terrifying truth about her sister’s death, her sight deteriorates, blurred between a series of unexplained disappearances, deaths and her own struggle for survival. (Umbrella Entertainment)
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It might not be appropriate given the genre, but for me Julia’s Eyes is beautiful. Morales builds the atmosphere so precisely and to the tiniest detail, delivering everything that can be expected from a thriller made in Spain, that watching it was pure joy. Unlike The Uninvited Guests, Morales’s previous film, Julia’s Eyes is more conservative plot-wise, which may lead to disappointment from “the mere repetition of a safe bet”, but at the same time, this new film is more focused and easier to grasp. What’s funny is that, around halfway through, the film gives the impression that it will result into something much more interesting and original that it is in the end. But I’m very satisfied, 2010 was a weak year in terms of pure horror and this film improves its reputation a little.
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As one coherent film it doesn't work; as two (almost) separate stories, it holds up squinting both of Julia's eyes.
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