As I Open My Eyes

In Tunis in the summer of 2010, a few months before the revolution, 18-year-old Farah is taking her end-ofschool exams and her family is already picturing her as a doctor. But she doesn’t see things the same way. She sings in a protest rock group. She’s restless, gets drunk and discovers both love and her town at night, against the wishes of her mother, who knows Tunisia and what is forbidden there. Things turn sour for Farah when the group starts performing in the capital’s cafes and she gives free rein to her thirst for freedom and her desire to live life to the fullest. Farah is determined to spread the subversive message of Borhene, her boyfriend and leader of the group, and, by extension, the hopes of a generation.