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In The Home Sleeping Beauty

Leigh’s direction is …. beautiful. Every scene is meticulous and yet alive, captured in harsh light

James Rocchi – Indiewire

★★★★ Browning’s performance is utterly fearless, suffused with mystery

Sukdhev Sandhu – Daily Telegraph UK

Julia Leigh has a new, fully confident cinema voice. Sleeping Beauty thrilled and excited me

Jane Campion
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Death-haunted, quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old 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.

Cast
Emily Browning
Rachael Blake
Michael Dorman
Filmmakers
Director: Julia Leigh
Writer: Julia Leigh
Producer: Jessica Brentnall
Accolades
Official Selection - In Competition
Cannes Film Festival 2011
Sydney Film Festival 2011
Genre
Australian
Drama

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