Close Your Eyes (2023 film)

Close Your Eyes (Spanish: Cerrar los ojos)[1] is an upcoming drama film directed by Víctor Erice.

Close Your Eyes
SpanishCerrar los ojos
Directed byVíctor Erice
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyValentín Fernández
Edited byAscen Marchena
Music byFederico Jusid
Production
companies
  • Pecado Films
  • Tandem Films
  • Nautilus Films
  • Pampa Films
  • La mirada del adiós AIE
Distributed byAvalon (es)
Release dates
  • 22 May 2023 (2023-05-22) (Cannes)
  • 29 September 2023 (2023-09-29) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • Argentina

It will have its world premiere in the Cannes Premiere section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2023.

Plot

Around three decades after the mysterious disappearance near the sea of actor Julio Arenas while shooting a film in the 1990s, a TV show revives the case, coming to involve film director and close Arenas' friend Miguel Garay.[2][3]

Cast

Production

The project (marking Erice's first full-length picture since the 1992 docudrama The Quince Tree Sun)[5] was revealed upon the disclosure of the allocation of public funding to film productions by Andalusian regional broadcaster Canal Sur in mid 2022.[6] It is a Pecado Films, Tandem Films, Nautilus Films, Pampa Films and La voz del adiós AIE production, with the participation of RTVE, Canal Sur, EiTB, Movistar Plus+, and support of ICAA, and the Andalusia and Madrid regional administrations.[2] The screenplay was penned by Erice along with Michel Gaztambide.[7][8]

Shooting locations included Castell de Ferro and Gualchos (province of Granada) and Aguadulce (province of Almería),[7][6] as well as Asturias and Madrid.[9][3]

Release

The film was selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival,[10] where it will have its world premiere on 22 May 2023.[11] Distributed by Avalon,[2][9][12] it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 29 September 2023.[13] Haut et Court acquired distribution rights in France.[14]

See also

References
  1. "Post-Production". Spanish Films. Just Spainted. Winter/Spring 2023 (PDF). Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte. p. 132. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. de Pablos, Emiliano; Hopewell, John (12 December 2022). "'Cerrar los Ojos,' Directed by Legendary Spanish Filmmaker Victor Erice, Swooped on by Film Factory (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  3. Matossian, Juan Pablo (13 December 2022). "Todo sobre Cerrar los ojos, el primer largometraje de Víctor Erice en 30 años". Vanity Fair.
  4. "Víctor Erice rueda la película 'Cerrar los ojos' con José Coronado en Almería". Diario de Almería. Grupo Joly. 8 November 2022.
  5. Mantilla, Daniel (6 July 2022). "Víctor Erice prepara 'Cerrar los ojos', su primera película en treinta años". El Español.
  6. Feixas, Alba (1 November 2022). "Víctor Erice, Coronado y la expectación del rodaje de una película en Castell de Ferro". Granada Hoy. Grupo Joly.
  7. Martínez, Evaristo (4 November 2022). "La nueva película de Víctor Erice toma forma en Almería". La Voz de Almería.
  8. Belinchón, Gregorio (9 July 2022). "El regreso de Víctor Erice al cine comercial será un drama nostálgico sobre la amistad entre un veterano director y su actor protagonista". El País.
  9. Aller, María (12 December 2022). "'Cerrar los ojos': primeras imágenes del nuevo largometraje de Víctor Erice". Fotogramas.
  10. Keslassy, Elsa; Lang, Brent (13 April 2023). "Cannes Film Festival 2023 Lineup: Wim Wenders, Steve McQueen, The Weeknd and a Record Number of Female Directors". Variety.
  11. mraultpauillac (10 May 2023). "The Screenings Guide of the 76th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. Pulver, Andrew (8 July 2022). "The Spirit of the Beehive director Víctor Erice to make his first feature in 30 years". The Guardian.
  13. Fernández, Harri X. (5 May 2023). "La última de Víctor Erice se estrenará en septiembre". Noticias de Gipuzkoa.
  14. Hopewell, John (15 February 2023). "Haut et Court Takes France on Victor Erice's Latest Drama, 'Close Your Eyes,' from Film Factory (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
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