AS I OPEN MY EYES

By Leyla Bouzid

Year 2015

Running time 102’

With Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Benali

Synopsis
Tunis in the summer of 2010, a few months before the Arab Spring. Eighteen-year-old Farah passes her Baccalaureat exam and her family already imagines her future career as a doctor. But Farah doesn't see things in quite the same way.

She sings in an activist rock group. She discovers love and her city at night, thrills to its energy, against her mother's wishes. Hayet, her mother, knows Tunisia and its restrictions.

Produced by
Blue Monday Productions

Co-produced by
Propaganda Production (Tunisia), Hélicotronc (Belgium)

French Distribution
Shellac

International Sales
Doc&Film International

Supported by
CNC/Institut français, Tunisian Ministry of Culture, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Visions Sud Est, SANAD (Abu Dhabi) , Dubai Film Connection Award, AFAC

Venice International Film Festival 2015 – Venice Days