Eyes Wide Open

2009 "A trip through modern South America"
5.5| 1h55m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 02 October 2009 Released
Producted By: Morocha Films
Country: Uruguay
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In 1971, Uruguayan journalist and writer Eduardo Galeano published his landmark work Open Veins of Latin America, in which he comprehensively described the centuries of economic exploitation of Latin America. Almost 40 years later, filmmaker Gonzalo Arijon reevaluates the situation. His search takes him from the soybean plantations of the Brazilian Amazon to the tin mines of Bolivia to the deep jungles of Ecuador. Arijon’s politically committed film allows the local populations to speak for themselves, interspersing this with archival footage of speeches by Hugo Chávez, Lula da Silva and Evo Morales. Galeano himself also speaks—sometimes in poetic language— about how the rise of socialist governments in the early 21st century is benefitting Latin America, and what more can be done.

Genre

Documentary

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Director

Gonzalo Arijón

Production Companies

Morocha Films

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Eyes Wide Open Audience Reviews

Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable
ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.
Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.