Open Your Eyes (1997 film)

Open Your Eyes
Spanish release poster
Directed byAlejandro Amenábar
Written byAlejandro Amenábar
Mateo Gil
Produced byFernando Bovaira
José Luis Cuerda
Starring
CinematographyHans Burmann
Edited byMaría Elena Sáinz de Rozas
Music byAlejandro Amenábar
Mariano Marín
Production
companies
  • Las Producciones del Escorpión
  • Sogetel
  • Les Films Alain Sarde
  • Lucky Red
Distributed bySogepaq (Spain)
AFMD (France)
Release date
  • 19 December 1997 (1997-12-19) (Spain)
Running time
117 minutes
CountriesSpain
France
Italy
LanguageSpanish
Budget370 million
Box office$9 million

Open Your Eyes (Spanish: Abre los ojos) is a 1997 Spanish film directed and co-scored by Alejandro Amenábar & written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil. It stars Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martínez and Najwa Nimri. In 2002, Open Your Eyes was ranked no. 84 in the Top 100 Sci-Fi List by the Online Film Critics Society.

The film's intersecting planes of dream and reality have prompted some critics to suggest comparisons to Calderón de la Barca's 1635 play Life Is a Dream. An American remake entitled Vanilla Sky, directed by Cameron Crowe, was released in 2001, with Penélope Cruz reprising her role.