"Julia's Eyes" aka "Los
ojos de Julia" (2010, Guillem Morales, Rodar y Rodar Cine y Televisión, Double Dare You, Universal Pictures) is
a Spanish thriller about blindness.
Julia (Belén Rueda) is a twin, whose sister, Sara, has
committed suicide shortly after becoming blind. Sara's blindness was caused by
a hereditary condition from which Julia is also suffering, and she and her
husband, Isaac (Lluís Homar), are already
preparing for her own inevitable fate.
Julia becomes convinced that Sara's death was
not a straightforward suicide, and she begins to investigate herself, as her
own sight begins to slowly diminish. Alas, time is running out and she is
assigned a care worker, Iván (Pablo Delqui). Can she avoid the fate of her sister?
A fun thriller with
some good effects and some chilling scenes dotted throughout what is otherwise
a slow-burning mystery, more than a horror. Julia’s slow, but steady march
towards blindness is effectively portrayed through lighting and skilfully keeping
other characters just out of sight.
An effective
thriller that packs possibly too many twists, but delivers with a fun, but
straight-faced style that makes our heroine’s sense of loss and hopelessness
palpable.
Hani
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