Abre Los Ojos (aka Open Your Eyes) (1997)

After an automobile crash that has disfigured his handsome face, a young man (Eduardo Noriega) tries to make sense of his life. After he is placed in a psychiatric penitentiary for a murder he doesn't remember committing, his only hope is to delve into his subconscious where the answer lies. Co-written and directed by Alejandro Amenabar (THE OTHERS), this complex psychological science fiction thriller is intriguing enough to compensate for its excessive length and often ludicrous plot (even Amenabar doesn't have much good to say about it). Before his disfiguring accident, the film's protagonist is both shallow and narcissistic which makes it difficult to have much empathy for him post accident. It's got a cult following but the movie seems to think it's much more intelligent than it really is. It could have used tighter editing. Remade by Cameron Crowe in 2001 as VANILLA SKY. With Penelope Cruz, Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri (looking enough like Cruz that at first I thought she was play two roles) and Chete Lera.