As I Open My Eyes [A peine j’ouvre les yeux]
by Leyla Bouzid
First Release : 2015 | Genre : Drama
Duration : 1h42 | Language : French with English subtitles
Production : FRANCE, Tunisian, Belgium
Synopsis: 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 think the same way. She sings in a political rock band. She has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the will of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers too well.
Cast : Baya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari, Lassaad, Jamoussi, Aymen Omrani
About the film: Leyla Bouzid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Baya Medhaffar stars as a teenage rock singer.
Entry: Free Open to all (above 13+)