Shine Your Eyes

Shine Your Eyes
Film poster
PortugueseCidade Pássaro
Directed byMatias Mariani
Written by
Starring
  • O.C. Ukeje
  • Paolo André
  • Barry Igujie
Production
companies
  • February Films
  • MPM Film
  • Primo Filmes
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • February 2020 (2020-02) (Berlin)
  • July 29, 2020 (2020-07-29)
Running time
102 minutes
Countries
  • Brazil
  • France
Languages
  • Igbo
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • Hungarian
  • Chinese

Shine Your Eyes (Portuguese: Cidade Pássaro, lit. 'Bird City') is a 2020 drama film directed by Matias Mariani written by Chika Anadu, Francine Barbosa, Maíra Bühler, Matias Mariani, Júlia Murat, Chioma Thompson and Roberto Winter and starring O.C. Ukeje, Paolo André and Barry Igujie.[1]

The film premiered in the Panorama portion of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] As of October 2020, all ten reviews compiled by Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 7.19/10.[3] The film was made available worldwide through the Netflix streaming services.[citation needed]

Cast

  • OC Ukeje as Amadi Igbomaeze
  • Paolo André as Miro Kuzko
  • Barry Igujie
  • Chukwudi Iwuji as Ikenna
  • Indira Nascimento as Emilia
  • Yasmin Thin Qi
  • Oula Alsaghir as Aya
  • Alassana as Balde
  • Hadand Bene
  • Gabriel Ebuka
  • Mike Indigo
  • Max Lund as Emeka Ogboh

Release

Shine Your Eyes was released on July 29, 2020, on Netflix.[4]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10.[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[6]

References

  1. ^ "'Shine Your Eyes': Film Review". Variety. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Cidade Pássaro | Shine Your Eyes". Berlinale. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Shine Your Eyes (Cidade Pássaro) (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ "'Shine Your Eyes' Launches Globally on Netflix July 29". Vimooz. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Shine Your Eyes". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Shine Your Eyes". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved January 25, 2023.


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