2003 · drama · social
Take My Eyes
Directed by Icíar Bollaín1h 43m2003
One winter night, Pilar runs away from home. With her, she takes only a few belongings and her son, Juan. Antonio soon sets out to look for her. He says Pilar is his sunshine, and what's more, "She gave him her eyes"...
Our read: Take My Eyes (2003) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · social entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / social, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- extreme
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