Movie · Drama

"You will go to sleep: You will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed." Quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy's absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy's daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. Julia Leigh's poweful and provocative vision is one of the most startling debut features of recent years.

2011 · 1h 41m
Director Julia Leigh

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Sleeping Beauty

Drama

"You will go to sleep: You will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed." Quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy's absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy's daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. Julia Leigh's poweful and provocative vision is one of the most startling debut features of recent years.

COMMON SENSE

Creepy erotic drama about sedated girls has little meaning.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5.5
Reviews 97
Fresh 47
Rotten 50

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Studio
Sundance Selects
Released
2011
Run Time
1 hr 41 min
Rated
TV-MA
Regions of Origin
Australia, Germany
© 2011 Magic Films Pty Ltd.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (Australia)
Audio

English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.