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  • 2020
  • TV-MA
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  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Musician Amadi has not heard from his older brother Ikenna in a long time. He travels from Nigeria to the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo where the mathematically gifted Ikenna is supposed to be working as a professor at a technological institute – at least that is what it says on the institute’s homepage. But not only is there no trac...

Directed By: Matias Mariani

Written By: Chika Anadu, Francine Barbosa, Maíra Bühler, Júlia Murat, Chioma Thompson, Roberto Winter, Matias Mariani

  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 42 m

Shine Your Eyes

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Summary Musician Amadi has not heard from his older brother Ikenna in a long time. He travels from Nigeria to the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo where the mathematically gifted Ikenna is supposed to be working as a professor at a technological institute – at least that is what it says on the institute’s homepage. But not only is there no trac...

Directed By: Matias Mariani

Written By: Chika Anadu, Francine Barbosa, Maíra Bühler, Júlia Murat, Chioma Thompson, Roberto Winter, Matias Mariani

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Jul 30, 2020
An immigration story that manages to draw in themes about manhood, familial identity, and cultural preservation, director Matias Mariani has crafted a picture that speaks to a broader transient experience that transcends both time and place.
By Warren Cantrell FULL REVIEW
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Jul 30, 2020
If the setup intrigues slightly more than the payoff, this is still a work of original, crystalline beauty, bursting with restless, refracted ideas.
By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW
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Jul 30, 2020
The slow-burn film features superbly understated acting and astute visuals. This is Mariani's first fiction film after having made two documentaries and shorts, but its ambition and accomplishment are fully formed.
By Caryn James FULL REVIEW
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Jul 30, 2020
Shine Your Eyes will grab you and take you to a place you’ve never been and into a mystery which only a sibling can solve.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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Jul 30, 2020
Shine Your Eyes, from the Brazilian filmmaker Matias Mariani, finds a distinctive way to tell a familiar narrative — of immigrants in megacities, of how dreams can pummel you and of the complexity of fraternal bonds.
By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW

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Production Company February Films, MPM Film, Primo Filmes, Tabuleiro Filmes, Taiga Filmes
Release Date Jul 29, 2020
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 5 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 2 Nominations
HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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