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‘Through the Eyes’ Review: Michel and Victoria Franco’s Disappointing Drama | Variety

A Mexico City social worker steals the corneas of a drug-addicted client to prevent her young son from going blind in “Through the Eyes.” Despite this lurid premise, the latest tale of social issues and family relationships from helmer-producer-writer-editor Michel Franco (“After Lucia,” “Daniel & Ana”), co-directing this time with his sister Victoria, is no expose of organ trafficking. Rather, it’s a disappointing, resolutely non-sensationalistic docu-drama hybrid that takes elliptical storytelling to the max. Combining long, static shots and performances of uninflected naturalism, the end result borders on boring even as it begs numerous questions. Neither commercial nor fest prospects appear promising.