(1978) Blindfolded Eyes/ Los ojos vendados
(In Spanish with English subtitles)
POLITICAL SOCIAL COMMENTARY
Written and directed by Carlos Saura that opens with an announcement of some testimonies by civilians who had been mistreated by an authoritarian, while one of them comes up on stage while wearing dark sunglasses. It then has theater/ actor instructor, Luis (José Luis Gómez) coming to meet, Emilia (Geraldine Chaplin) and her husband, Manuel (Xabier Elorriaga) and he shows up so that he can invite her to one of his classes. And upon her visiting one of his classes, the movie some times flips back and forth between Luis and Emilia. Luis revisits some of the same places that was a part of his childhood such as Mr. Andres who sells coal for a living and his auntie, Emilia recounts how gov't agents used to capture, cover her eyes and interrogate her. At the same time Luis is writing about his experiences, he continues to receive threatening letters, he continues to be defiant and ignore those threats for it was just a matter of time both are destined to be with one another. We also get to see how they first met, which is on a country field and both Elia and her husband happened to be driving on the opposite side of that long stretchy road, and decided to stop and check up on him.
I was involved in what is a fictitious social commentary movie, I did not care for the way it ended. It still does explain local authorities involvement of all this after the authoritarian passed away, or how history itself looked back on it. This is the eighth of nine movies actress Geraldine Chaplin collaborated with writer/ director Carlos Saura.
