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Abre los ojos = Open your eyes /

In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred. Cesar tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he do...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Abre los ojos (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Amenábar, Alejandro, 1972- (Screenwriter, composer (expression)), Cuerda, José Luis (flm producer.), Gil, Mateo, 1972- (Screenwriter), Noriega, Eduardo, 1973- (Actor), Cruz, Penélope (Actor), Lera, Chete (Actor), Martínez, Fele (Actor), Nimri, Najwa, 1972- (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: [Universal City, California] : Summit Entertainment, 1997.
Subjects:
Traffic accident victims > Drama.
Disfigured persons > Drama.
Psychiatric hospital patients > Drama.
Amnesia > Drama.
Surgery, Plastic > Drama.
Dreams > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Psychological films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Spanish.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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Summary:In this steamy, intriguingly complex, psychological thriller the line between reality and fantasy is hopelessly blurred. Cesar tries to make sense of his life after a car crash leaves his once-handsome face grotesquely disfigured. After he is placed into a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing, Cesar's only hope is to delve into the depths of his subconscious mind where the answer to ending his living nightmare lies in his dreams.
Item Description:Originally distributed as a motion picture in 1997.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (119 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color
Audience:MPAA rating: R.
Production Credits:Director, Alejandro Amenabar ; screenwriters, Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil ; director of photography, Hans Burmann ; editor, Elena Sainz de Rozas ; music, Alejandro Amenabar, Mariano Marin ; producers, Fernando Bovaira, Jose Luis Cuerda.