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Blue Eyelids

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A woman invites a male stranger along on a vacation, and they find that compatibility leads to love.

Critics Reviews

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David Parkinson Empire Magazine 05/08/2009
3/5
The intelligent script and skilful central performances make for a gently compelling romance. Go to Full Review
Wally Hammond Time Out 05/08/2009
3/6
Ably mounted and shot, 'Blue Eyelids' is a welcome clich-free zone, often touching and occasionally very funny, played out in a minor register suitable for the lives it describes. Go to Full Review
Wendy Ide The Times (UK) 05/08/2009
3/5
Not an awful lot happens but the acting is first-rate, if low-key, and the choice of Ray Davies's This Strange Effect as a recurring motif on the soundtrack brings a melancholy sweetness to the story. Go to Full Review
Hugo Lara EscribiendoCine 07/01/2024
8/10
Blue Eyelids is a work of cinema that feels alive, evolving and resonating long after the lights on the screen go out. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) 05/13/2009
2/5
There have been countless films about ordinary, lonely people finding love, but few of them can have had characters quite as unassertive and nondescript as the couple featured in this Mexican comic drama. Go to Full Review
Philip French Observer (UK) 05/13/2009
There are touching moments, a developing tenderness, some shuffling truths here and there, but not enough to make these marginal figures demand the attention the film's director thinks they deserve. Go to Full Review
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26.HERNANDEZ C Dec 1 Ernesto Contreras’ feature debut is a beautifully subdued character study, anchored by pitch-perfect, melancholic performances from Cecilia Suárez and Enrique Arreola. The cinematography is exquisite, lending a dreamy, isolated quality to the tropical setting. While the film’s deliberate pacing and quiet intimacy masterfully capture the deep-seated yearning of the protagonists, it does, at times, stray into territory that some viewers might find a bit boring. However, for those willing to embrace its gentle rhythm, Blue Eyelids offers a profound and unique look at the difficulties of modern intimacy. Its subtle brilliance earns it a Fresh rating. See more Eye C @ECinc Sep 14 El manual de los introvertidos para no morir solos. A momentos contemplativa, la película propone revisar la vida de dos individuos sumamente aburridos que no tienen nada ni a nadie y tampoco hacen algo para remediarlo. Es interesante pero un poco tediosa de ver. See more 07/11/2011 A film that gets into its female leads mind quite well, here Cecilia suarez playing a lonely woman winning a trip away for two at work, and her striking up a friendship with a man possibly in similer lonely circumstances before the trip and inviting him along, as the time comes near, its a interesting story to see where these two will lead. some solid acting from the leads and a nice pace to everything., See more 05/15/2011 Human born to be lonely. See more 06/16/2010 Kind of disturbing, but very touching as well. It is an off-beat romantic movie. See more 06/07/2010 very plain story, but really sad. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman invites a male stranger along on a vacation, and they find that compatibility leads to love.
Director
Ernesto Contreras
Screenwriter
Carlos Contreras
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 38m