As I Open My Eyes (2015)

6.5/10 98 min Drama

Overview

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 have the same idea. She sings in a political rock band, has a passion for life, gets drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the wishes of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers all too well.

Cast

Fethi Akkari

Ighal - le poete du bar

Jamil Najjar

Policier interrogatoire

Mhadheb Rmili

Un policier

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