Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

2011 · 102 min · EN · R · 5.4 (684 votes)
Dir. Julia Leigh · Starring Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll, Chris Haywood, Hugh Keays-Byrne · Music Ben Frost

What happens while she sleeps...

DramaRomance

A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.

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This film offers a hauntingly erotic and melancholic journey into a world of detached intimacy. Its slow-burn pace and austere aesthetic create an unsettling atmosphere, exploring themes of desire, vulnerability, and the commodification of self with a dreamlike, almost hypnotic quality.

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