As I Open My Eyes

As I Open My Eyes
Film poster
Directed byLeyla Bouzid
Written byLeyla Bouzid
Marie-Sophie Chambon
Produced bySandra da Fonseca
StarringBaya Medhaffer
CinematographySébastien Goepfert
Edited byLilian Corbeille
Music byKhyam Allami
Distributed byShellac
Release dates
  • 5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) (Venice)
  • 23 December 2015 (2015-12-23) (France)
  • 13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) (Tunisia)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesFrance
Tunisia
Belgium
United Arab Emirates
Switzerland
LanguagesTunisian Arabic
French
Box office$50,656[1][2]

As I Open My Eyes (French: À peine j'ouvre les yeux) is a 2015 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] Baya Medhaffar stars as a teenage rock singer. The film is Bouzid's first feature. It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.[4] However, the film was not included on the final list of submissions published by the Academy.[5]

  1. ^ "'As I Open My Eyes' (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ^ "As I Open My Eyes (À peine j'ouvre les yeux)". The Numbers. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Officiel : 'A peine j'ouvre les yeux' de Leyla Bouzid représentera la Tunisie aux Oscars 2016". Tuniscope. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ "85 Countries In Competition For 2016 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

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