After a brief opening episode that shows two young boys in Nigeria in 1988, Shine Your Eyes leaps to 2019. The younger of the boys, Amadi, arrives in Brazil looking for his older brother, Ikenna, who moved there and has since gone off the grid.
From that bare-bones premise, Brazilian director Matias Mariani spins a stunning multicultural film that blends family drama and a quest for identity with elements of a detective story.
Set in a richly textured vision of Sao Paulo, largely among the Igbo community of Nigerian immigrants, the slow-burn film features superbly understated acting and astute visuals.
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