Blindfolded Eyes

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Blindfolded Eyes
Ojosvendados.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by Carlos Saura
Written byCarlos Saura
Produced byTony Molière
Claude Pierson
Elías Querejeta
Starring Geraldine Chaplin
José Luis Gómez
CinematographyTeodoro Escamilla
Edited byPablo González del Amo
Release date
  • 18 May 1978 (1978-05-18)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Blindfolded Eyes (Spanish : Los ojos vendados) is a 1978 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. [1]

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Plot

Luis (Gómez) is a drama teacher producing a play about repression and torture, he even develops a relationship with the play's leading actress (Chaplin). However as the play continues to develop, Luis receives threatening letters demanding that he abandon the play. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Blindfolded Eyes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  2. The Advertiser. 25 November 1993