''Shine Your Eyes'' ( pt, Cidade Pássaro, lit=Bird City) is a 2020 drama film directed by

Matias Mariani Matias Mariani is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his work on the film '' Shine Your Eyes'' and documentary ''I Touched All Your Stuff''. Life and career Matias graduated from New York University Ti ...

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. The film premiered in the Panorama portion of the

70th Berlin International Film Festival The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 20 February to 1 March 2020. It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival heads, business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director C ...

. , all ten reviews compiled by

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ...

are positive, with an average rating of 7.19/10. The film was made available worldwide through the Netflix streaming services.

Cast

OC Ukeje Okechukwu Ukeje, known as OC Ukeje is Nigerian actor,model and musician. He came into prominence after winning the Amstel Malta Box Office (AMBO) reality show. He has received several awards including Africa Movie Academy Awards, Africa Magic Vi ...

as Amadi * Paolo André * Barry Igujie *

Chukwudi Iwuji Chukwudi Iwuji (; born 15 October 1975) is a Nigerian-British actor. He is an Associate Artist for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early life and education Iwuji is one of five Nigerian siblings born to diplomat parents. When Iwuji was age 10, ...

as Ikenna * Indira Nascimento * Yasmin Thin Qi

Release

''Shine Your Eyes'' was released on July 29, 2020 on

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

Reception

On review aggregator

, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10.

References

External links

* * 2020 films 2020 drama films Brazilian drama films 2020s English-language films 2020s Portuguese-language films Portuguese-language Netflix original films Films shot in São Paulo Brazilian multilingual films 2020 multilingual films {{2020s-drama-film-stub