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A Nigerian musician travels to Brazil to find his long lost brother.
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| The PlaylistWarren CantrellAn immigration story that manages to draw in themes about manhood, familial identity, and cultural preservation, director Matias Mariani has crafted a picture that speaks to a broader transient experience that transcends both time and place. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreShine Your Eyes will grab you and take you to a place you’ve never been and into a mystery which only a sibling can solve. |
| The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesThe slow-burn film features superbly understated acting and astute visuals. This is Mariani's first fiction film after having made two documentaries and shorts, but its ambition and accomplishment are fully formed. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeIf the setup intrigues slightly more than the payoff, this is still a work of original, crystalline beauty, bursting with restless, refracted ideas. |
| The New York TimesLovia GyarkyeShine Your Eyes, from the Brazilian filmmaker Matias Mariani, finds a distinctive way to tell a familiar narrative — of immigrants in megacities, of how dreams can pummel you and of the complexity of fraternal bonds. |
