Take My Eyes is a 2003 Spanish

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 romantic drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Icíar Bollaín

Icíar Bollaín

Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez is a Spanish actress, director and writer.Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía.She began her work in cinema at the age of...

, starring Laia Marull

Laia Marull

Laia Marull Quintana is a Spanish actress. She has won three Goya Awards — Best New Actress for Fugitives , Best Actress for Take My Eyes , and Best Supporting Actress for Black Bread...

 and Luis Tosar

Luis Tosar

Luis Tosar is a Galician actor and musician.-Biography:Born in Lugo, Galicia, Spain on 13th October 1971, he is best known internationally for his villain role in Miami Vice and the role in the upcoming horror film Flatmate, which is directed by Jaume Balagueró.-Selected filmography:*1998 Atilano...

. Critically acclaimed for its unclichéd treatment of domestic violence, it won seven Goya Awards

Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....

 in 2004, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Actor and Best Lead Actress. This film was also nominated for the Ariel Award in 2005

Ariel Award in 2005

The XLVII Award of the Premio Ariel of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas took place on March 29 of 2005 at the Palacio de Bellas Artes...

 in the category Best Iberoamerican Film.

Plot

One night Pilar (Marull), fleeing her violent husband Antonio (Tosar), leaves home with just a suitcase and her young son. Taking refuge in her sister's flat, she wavers in the face of her son's desire to see his father and the fact that she still loves her husband. Agreeing to return after he starts group therapy, her dreams of salvaging her family life are shattered by his violent behavior.

Cast

• Laia Marull
  Laia Marull
  Laia Marull Quintana is a Spanish actress. She has won three Goya Awards — Best New Actress for Fugitives , Best Actress for Take My Eyes , and Best Supporting Actress for Black Bread...
  
   as Pilar
• Luis Tosar
  Luis Tosar
  Luis Tosar is a Galician actor and musician.-Biography:Born in Lugo, Galicia, Spain on 13th October 1971, he is best known internationally for his villain role in Miami Vice and the role in the upcoming horror film Flatmate, which is directed by Jaume Balagueró.-Selected filmography:*1998 Atilano...
  
   as Antonio
• Candela Peña
  Candela Peña
  María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, is a Spanish actress.She was the only child of a couple who had a bar in Barcelona. When she was four years old she started to learn dance in the city and after finishing high-school she went to Seville to begin theatre classes there and eventually in Madrid...
  
   as Ana
• Rosa Maria Sardà
  Rosa Maria Sardà
  Rosa María Sardà is a Spanish actress and comedian.She has played roles in Spanish and Catalan. She was married to the comedian Josep Maria Mainat , and she's Xavier Sardà's elder sister...
  
   as Aurora
• Kiti Manver
  Kiti Manver
  Kiti Manver is a Spanish actress. She has appeared in 84 films and television shows since 1970. She starred in the 1973 film Habla, mudita, which was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Rosa
• Sergi Calleja as Therapist
• Elisabet Gelabert as Lola
• Nicolás Fernández Luna as Juan
• David Mooney as John
• Chus Gutiérrez as Raquel
• Elena Irureta as Carmen