Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed

2013

1h 48m

Drama

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94%

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16 Reviews

77%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

In 1966, Antonio, a high school teacher in Spain, drives to Almeria to meet John Lennon and helps two runaways.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

"Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed" is subtle in the truest sense, in that it says and suggests much, and does so definitely, but through a minimum of means.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 19, 2015

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Javier Camara, best known here for his work with Pedro Almodovar, is quite good as the teacher, delivering a performance of real tenderness and depth. In Spanish with subtitles.

Mar 12, 2015

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

It's a project that could easily be weighed down with nostalgia or over-determination, but there's a generosity and humour about the performances and the direction that keep the film light and buoyant.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 24, 2014

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Kathy Fennessy

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

I assumed while, watching the film, that it represented a form of cinematic wish fulfillment.

Aug 22, 2017

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

The film takes its mood from its hero: gentle, good-humoured and tinged with melancholy. The pace is leisurely, but Antonio's openhearted kindness is so winning and charming that you won't mind the time it takes to get to the destination.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 20, 2016

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Ernesto Diezmartinez

Cine Vértigo

A throaway road-movie, well acted, somewhat funny, but in the end it's just pretty standard. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 18, 2016

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Daniel G

I should have guessed that the title comes from the lyrics of a Beatles song, for it totally makes sense in this perfect little movie about a road trip in Spain in the 1960s. Just everything was in place - just enough was presented for one to understand these people and to make the solidarity of some and the prejudice of others so believable.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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isla s

This is quite a quirky film with some fairly amusing moments. The characters are all quite likeable in their own way, particularly the main character, who seems more than a little bird brained it could be said but yet I found myself wishing the best for him. I could relate, a little, to what he says about the importance certain music, or lyrics, can have on a person. The main plot is a bit daft but I enjoyed watching it never the less. Oh and I also liked the old(ish) cars present, which are also kind of quirky in their own way too. There is some English present but its mainly a Spanish film, for the most part. I'd recommend it to fans of Spanish film and quriky films with a little bit of comedy present.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed this quirky film. It ended up being less about John Lennon than his acolyte, the affable teacher, Antonio, who cares so much about his students and the potential of Beatles lyrics as a tool to teach them English. My favorite scene was where Antonio, on a whim, races through the bully's garden, trashing all his carefully tied plant supports and tomatoes, before racing off back home to get back to his life. That was just a small part of the plot. Still, it was very gratifying, somehow, to see the jerk get his come-uppance even if the boy he bullied never knew it happened. Another interesting scene happened earlier in the film where Antonio, outraged that his new friend preferred the Stones to the Beatles, kicks him out of the car before quickly repenting of his misdeed and almost immediately inviting him back in. I think good guys are more interesting than bad guys. Maybe that's why I enjoyed Ted Lasso. In a world where psychopaths like Vladimir Putin are able to wreak so much havoc and destruction on complete strangers, it's nice to occasionally celebrate the people who make the world a better place. Antonio is definitely one of these.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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gareth d

Nice, cute, funny, the subtitles weren't exactly great but still managed to enjoy it anyway, an oddball collection of characters on a road trip.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

a Spanish Beatles obsessed man picks up hitchhikers as he travels across Spain in the hope of meeting John lennon

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Charming and beautifully shot road-movie with a good edge to its storyline.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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David Trueba

Director

Francesc Colomer

Juanjo

Javier Cámara

Antonio

Ramon Fontserè

Ramón

Natalia de Molina

Belén

Rogelio Fernández

Bruno

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Synopsis

In 1966, Antonio, a high school teacher in Spain, drives to Almeria to meet John Lennon and helps two runaways.

Director: David Trueba
Producer: Cristina Huete
Screenwriter: David Trueba
Production Co: Fernando Trueba P.C., S.A., RTVE
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish (Spain)
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.6K
Runtime: 1h 48m

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