Shine Your Eyes

Name: Shine Your Eyes
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: July 29, 2020
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Barry Igujie, Chukwudi Iwuji, Indira Nascimento, O.C. Ukeje, Paolo André

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 29, 2020 | TV-MA

Starring: Barry Igujie, Chukwudi Iwuji, Indira Nascimento, O.C. Ukeje, Paolo André, Yasmin Thin Qi

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 traceMusician 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 trace of Ikenna, the institute does not even exist. With support from both his uncle and Ikenna’s ex-lover, and in possession of his brother’s mysterious notes and calculations, Amadi sets off in search of his sibling.
Shot in 4:3 screen format, Brazilian director Matias Mariani’s debut feature film is an enigmatic exploration that operates on several levels. The Nigerian family tradition, in which the first-born plays a special role, is investigated alongside São Paulo’s avant-garde architecture, the working lives and dreams of the city’s immigrants and the communication between Amadi and the Brazilians, who first have to find a common language. Mathematics, the study of coincidence and music build a fragile bridge between the cultures which appears to be as liable to collapse as the city’s empty skyscrapers. [Berlin]… Expand

Director: Matias Mariani

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 102 min

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The Playlist Warren Cantrell

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. Read full review

Guy Lodge

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. Read full review

Caryn James

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. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

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. Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

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. Read full review

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