Close Your Eyes

Víctor Erice’s first film in thirty years, Close Your Eyes has been praised as a tribute to the magic of cinema. Set in contemporary Madrid, the film tells the story of an aging filmmaker named Miguel Garay (Manolo Solo), who is called upon to recount his memories of working on his final, unfinished film, The Farewell Gaze. During its production, the lead actor and Miguel’s close friend, Julio Arenas (José Coronado), disappeared without a trace, leaving in his wake a mystery that would haunt the lives of everyone associated with the film. A culmination of Erice’s career in film, Close Your Eyes is a meditation on memory, absence, and the enduring resonance of the moving image.