Paris-based Haut et Court has closed French distribution rights with sales agent Film Factory Entertainment on Victor Erice’s ”Close Your Eyes” (“Cerrar los ojos”), the legendary Spanish director’s return to feature film direction 30 years after Cannes Jury Prize winner “Dream of Light” and a half century on from his milestone debut, “The Spirit of the Beehive.”“Beehive” is regarded by many critics as one of the greatest Spanish films ever made.
“Light” was chosen by the world’s cinematheques as the best film of the 1990s.
“Close Your Eyes” reunites Erice with Ana Torrent, a wide-eyed mite in “Beehive.”One of the most awaited Spanish films of 2023, it will be released in Spain by Avalon Films, the producer-distributor of “Alcarràs.”“Close Your Eyes” turns on a famed actor who disappears while making a film.
Many years later, a TV program airs the final scenes he shot, the beginning
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