SLEEPING BEAUTY, which premiered in competition at this years’ Cannes Film Festival, is a fascinating depiction of a young woman’s reckless decent into a shocking world of erotic desires. Lucy (Emily Browning) is a young university student possessed by a kind of radical passivity. She lets a flip of a coin decide the outcome of a random sexual encounter and she displays an uncomplaining patience when facing the repetitions of her various menial jobs that fund her studies. One day she ...
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
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SLEEPING BEAUTY, which premiered in competition at this years’ Cannes Film Festival, is a fascinating depiction of a young woman’s reckless decent into a shocking world of erotic desires. Lucy (Emily Browning) is a young university student possessed by a kind of radical passivity. She lets a flip of a coin decide the outcome of a random sexual encounter and she displays an uncomplaining patience when facing the repetitions of her various menial jobs that fund her studies. One day she answers an ad in the student newspaper and interviews for a job to be a lingerie waitress. But she is secretly being initiated into a world of strange new work; one where she will have to give into absolute submission to her clients by being sedated; becoming a Sleeping Beauty. Eventually this unnerving experience begins to bleed into her daily life and she finally develops the will to break the spell by discovering what happens to her while she sleeps. With a fearless performance by Browning, Leigh creates a bold cinematic vision; one where Lucy, both in her clandestine sexual adventures and in her mundane daily existence, lives with the same unflinching and brutal honesty.
Cast and crew
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Julia Leigh
Director, Writer -
Emily Browning
Lucy -
Rachael Blake
Clara -
Ewen Leslie
Birdmann -
Bridgette Barrett
Dinner Waitress -
Hannah Bella Bowden
Dinner Waitress -
Alan Cardy
Dinner Guest -
Peter Carroll
Man 1 -
Les Chantery
Driver -
Benita Collings
Dinner Guest -
Michael Dorman
Cook -
Eden Falk
Thomas -
Anni Finsterer
Train Riding Hairdresser -
Mirrah Foulkes
Sophie -
James Fraser
Guy with Ticket -
Robin Goldsworthy
Flatmate -
Vernon Hayman
Dinner Guest -
Chris Haywood
Man 2 -
Paul W. He
Student Boyfriend -
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Man 3 -
Amit Kelkar
Lecturer -
Sarah Kinsella
Dinner Waitress -
Tammy Macintosh
Work Colleague -
Ivy Mak
Businesswoman -
Tracy Mann
Waxing Beautician -
Stephanie Menere
Dinner Waitress
Additional information
Directors
Julia LeighDirectors
Studio
IFC FilmsStudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
2011Released year
Duration
1 h 41 minDuration
Genres
DramaGenres
Writers
Julia LeighWriters
Size
5.94 GB (1080p HD)3.16 GB (720p HD)
2.11 GB (SD)
Size
3.16 GB (720p HD)
2.11 GB (SD)
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