Eyes Full of Sun · reception & legacy
1970 · Michel Boisrond
How Eyes Full of Sun has been received, argued over, and remembered.
The arc
Sniffed at by French critics in 1970 as glossy commercial 'eye candy' and quickly forgotten at home, it now survives mostly as a rediscovery item — a DVD reissue and, above all, its Francis Lai soundtrack keep it circulating.
Its footprint
Its real cultural afterlife is musical: the lush Francis Lai theme has outlived the film itself, endlessly compiled, reissued and collected by soundtrack hunters.
Where it stands
A true deep cut — the kind of sun-drenched French obscurity more people have heard (via the Lai score) than actually seen.
★ Did you know? The film's theme song is sung by Séverine — who one year later won the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest for Monaco with 'Un banc, un arbre, une rue'.