Ojos bien abiertos2010 / Eyes wide open

Synopsis

What might be happening in this South America of the beginning of the century? The socio-political moment is unique, without the slightest doubt. But, how to portray the spirit of what is happening in a single film? Three years ago, the director Gonzalo Arijón asked himself these questions to finally take his camera in one hand, several texts by Eduardo Galeano in the other (among them Open Veins of Latin America, the very book that Chávez gave Obama), and undertook his trip. He visited Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Uruguay... in order to know and understand better those men and women who, from their daily battles, forged this unique historical moment. A journey that aims to be as political as it is poetic.

Ojos bien abiertos

Technical Data

Director
Gonzalo Arijón

Investigation
Gonzalo Arijón
Hilary Sandison

Producer
Pascal Dupont

Producers
Dissidents - Arte France

Associate Producers
Hilary Sandison, La realidad (Francia)
Gonzalo Rodríguez Bubis, Morocha Films (Argentina)
Amalric de Poncharra (Chile)
Mariana Secco, Salado Media Cine (Uruguay)
Cecilia García - Salado Media Cine (Uruguay)

Image
Gonzalo Arijón
Pablo Hernán Zubizarreta

Sound Recordist
Fabián Oliver

Sound Recordist
Cerodb (Uruguay)

Original Music
Florencia Di Concilio

Sound postproduction
Georges Lafitte

Color Grading
Guillermo Fernández

Editing
Samuel Lajus

Aditional Editing
Androoval

Director's Assistant's
Daniela Moreno Wray (Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador)
Sandra Arijón (Brasil)

Line Producer
Carole Fernández